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ORDER NORMAN A. MORDUE, District Judge. The above matter comes to me following a ReporUReeommendation by Magistrate Judge Victor E. Bianehini, duly filed on the 29th day of February 2012. Following fourteen (14) days from the service thereof, the Clerk has sent me the file, including any and all objections filed by the parties herein. After careful review of all of the papers h

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EMERY P., Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 21-cv-3147-MAU KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Emery

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SHERRILLYN THEANELDA GRANT, Plaintiff, v. No. 21-cv-00526-ZMF KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Sherrillyn Theanelda Grant moves for reversal of Defendant Commissioner of

USCA11 Case: 22-11103 Document: 38-1 Date Filed: 01/03/2024 Page: 1 of 34 [PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 22-11103 ____________________ MARCUS RAPER,

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA KORY D.,1 Plaintiff, Case No.: 1:20-cv-3571-RMM v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI,2 Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Kory D. (“Mr. D.”) brings this action under a provision of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) (the “Act”), seeking revi

USCA4 Appeal: 21-2042 Doc: 42 Filed: 02/22/2023 Pg: 1 of 48 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 21-2042 SHELLEY C., Plaintiff – Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _________________________________________ ) CHARLETHA B. MIDDLETON, ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) Civil Action No. 16-1596 (EGS) ) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURIT

23-831 Nunez v. Commissioner of Social Security In the United States Court of Appeals For the Second Circuit ___________________________________________ August Term, 2023 Argued: March 19, 2024 Decided: November 25, 2025 Amended: December 29, 20

OPINION AND ORDER GABRIEL W. GORENSTEIN, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE Plaintiff Mercedes Marinez brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) (as incorporated by 42 U.S.C. § 1383(c)(3)) to obtain judicial review of the final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying her claim for supplemental security income (“SSI”) benefits.

23-831 Nunez v. Commissioner of Social Security In the United States Court of Appeals For the Second Circuit ___________________________________________ August Term, 2023 Argued: March 19, 2024 Decided: November 25, 2025 Docket No. 23-831-cv

PER CURIAM: Claimant Betty Mijenes appeals the district court’s order affirming the Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) denial of her application for supplemental security income. On appeal, Mijenes argues that the ALJ’s residual functional capacity assessment is not supported by substantial evidence. She also challenges the ALJ’s determination that she could perform her past relevant work, as well as the weight the ALJ assig

PER CURIAM: John Zech appeals the magistrate judge’s award of-attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”) after his successful appeal of the denial of his application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income. On appeal, Zech argues that the district court abused its discretion when it compensated him for the work of two non-admitted attorneys, Howard Olinsky and Paul Eaglin, at the

(Slip Opinion) Constitutionality of the Commissioner of Social Security’s Tenure Protection The President may remove the Commissioner of Social Security at will notwithstanding the statutory limitation on removal in 42 U.S.C. § 902(a)(3). The conclusion that the removal restriction is constitutionally unenforceable does not affect the validity of the remainder of the statute. July 8, 2021

OPINION AND ORDER JAMES L. COTT, United States Magistrate Judge. Plaintiff Constance Craig brings this action seeking judicial review of a final determination by Defendant Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”), denying Craig’s application for disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) and social security income (“SSI”). Craig moved, and the Commissioner cross-moved, for jud

OPINION AND ORDER GABRIEL W. GORENSTEIN, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE Plaintiff Michele Laverne Brooks brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for judicial review of the final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying her claim for Social Security Disability benefits under the Social Security Act. The Commissioner has moved for judgment on the pleadings pursuant

OPINION AND ORDER GABRIEL W. GORENSTEIN, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE Plaintiff Anthony Heitz brings this action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 405(g) and 1383(c)(3) challenging the Commissioner of Social Security’s decision to deny his claim for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act (“SSA”). On October 22, 2015, Heitz moved for judgment on the pleadings. See Notice of Motion for Judgment on t

OPINION AND ORDER Susan Collins, United States Magistrate Judge Plaintiff Danny Holland appeals to the district court from a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying his application under the Social Security Act (the “Act”) for disability insurance benefits and disabled widower’s benefits (together, “DIB”).1 (DE

PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 19-1540 ESIN E. ARAKAS, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Florence. Timothy M. Cain, Distr

HELENE N. WHITE, Circuit Judge. David Alan Koster appeals the district court’s orders affirming the Social Security Commissioner’s denial of supplemental security income (SSI) and denying his motion to amend the judgment. Because substantial evidence supports the determination that Koster was not disabled, we AFFIRM. I. BACKGROUND Koster was born in February 1961 and has an 11th grade edu

OPINION AND ORDER GABRIEL W. GORENSTEIN, United States Magistrate Judge. Plaintiff Marco Puente brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) to obtain judicial review of the- final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying his claim for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income under the Social Security Act. Puente has moved for judgment on the pleadings pur