The Fourth Circuit vacated the district court’s judgment upholding the denial of benefits because the ALJ applied an improper standard to Lewis’s evidence of pain and inadequately explained the weight assigned to her treating physicians’ opinions and the conclusions drawn from her treatment history.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2017
Published opinions from 2017. The case name opens the case page.
2017 opinions
4th Cir.Anthony Fred Martin, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Susan Duffy, Defendant-Appellee
June 1, 2017858 F.3d 239
The Fourth Circuit held that Martin adequately alleged that Duffy placed him in segregation in retaliation for filing a grievance, and that the right to be free from such retaliation was clearly established, so Duffy was not entitled to qualified immunity at this stage.