United States Second Circuit

A non-attorney parent may bring a pro se action on behalf of her child appealing an administrative denial of disability benefits if she has a sufficient interest in the case and meets basic standards of competence under 20 CFR 416.1505.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/02/2001
• Decided 01/02/2002
• Published 01/02/2002

Judges

• KATZMANN, Circuit Judge., Before WALKER, Chief Judge, POOLER, KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Patricia Machadio, Brooklyn, New York, Pro Se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Philip J. Miller, (Varuni Nelson, Kathleen A. Mahoney), Assistant United States Attorneys, for Alan Vinegrad, United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York, for Appellee Kenneth S. Apfel.