Brown v. Gardner
Decision Date | 30 December 1965 |
Docket Number | Civ. A. No. 65-413. |
Parties | Alfred A. BROWN, Plaintiff, v. John W. GARDNER, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Defendant. |
Court | U.S. District Court — Northern District of Alabama |
Cooper, Mitch & Crawford, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff.
Macon L. Weaver, U. S. Atty., Northern District of Alabama, Birmingham, Ala., for defendants.
Plaintiff, Alfred A. Brown, brings this action pursuant to the provisions of Section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 405(g), to have this court review a final adverse decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.
On June 11, 1965, Joseph E. McElvain, Chairman, Appeals Council of the Bureau of Hearings and Appeals, in holding that the plaintiff is not entitled to a period of disability or to disability insurance benefits under the provisions of Sections 216(i) and 223, respectively, of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S. C.A. §§ 416(i) and 423, for which he filed an application on July 9, 1963, rendered a final decision of the Secretary in which the following findings were made:
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