The court reversed the district court’s judgment upholding the denial of childhood SSI benefits and remanded for further agency proceedings. The ALJ did not discuss the listing central to the claim or meaningfully analyze the conflicting medical evidence, leaving the court unable to conduct meaningful judicial review.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2002
Published opinions from 2002. The case name opens the case page.
2002 opinions
7th Cir.United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Larry D. Knox, Defendant-Appellant
May 28, 2002287 F.3d 667
The court granted appointed counsel’s motion to withdraw and dismissed Knox’s appeal as frivolous. It concluded that the sentencing arguments lacked merit, that the Rule 11 omissions did not require further appellate litigation absent any indication Knox wanted to withdraw his plea, and that his ineffective-assistance…
The court vacated the district court’s judgment upholding the denial of supplemental security income and remanded for further proceedings. It concluded that the ALJ mischaracterized evidence concerning Steele’s seizures and did not adequately explain the conclusions that medication controlled them and that…
7th Cir.Rodosvaldo Pozo, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Gary McCaughtry, Randall Gerritson, and David Hautamaki, Defendants-Appellants
May 13, 2002286 F.3d 1022
The court held that a prisoner does not exhaust administrative remedies under § 1997e(a) when he fails to follow the prison system’s filing deadlines, even if officials have discretion to accept a late appeal. Because Pozo’s appeal was rejected solely as untimely, his federal suit could not proceed.
7th Cir.United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Robert Schuh, Lisa Nolen, and Curtis Lane, Defendants-Appellants
May 8, 2002289 F.3d 968
The court vacated Robert Schuh’s sentence because the record did not support treating him as an organizer or leader of the drug activity, and remanded for resentencing without that adjustment.