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Case history

  • Nov. 21, 2018
    decided Decision issued in Willie Ousley v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Opinions and writings

Lead opinion Author not recorded Nov. 21, 2018

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge. When individuals in this country are unable to work because of physical or mental disabilities, they may file for Social Security Disability Insurance ("SSDI") and Supplemental Security Income ("SSI") benefits. The eleven plaintiffs here all filed for these benefits, and they all eventually received them. The trouble, however, is that they were represented in their efforts by Eric C…

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Opinion By Karen Nelson Moore Nov. 21, 2018

RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 18a0256p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT AMY JO HICKS (17-5206); LINDA BLACKBURN (17- ┐ 5211); WILLIE OUSLEY, on behalf of the Estate of │ Patricia L. Ousley (17-5212); CHERRIE JUSTICE (17- │ 5213); LEAH ANN J…

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Dissent Author not recorded Nov. 21, 2018

ROGERS, Circuit Judge, dissenting. Is Mathews v. Eldridge , a bedrock of the modern law of procedural due process, still good law? One would hardly think so from the arguments of plaintiffs that it does not apply in this case, its marginalization by the district court in the Hicks case below, and its demotion to backup status by the majority. I. In the decade after the Supreme Cou…

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