United States Second Circuit

In an action for benefits under the federal Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled program, 42 U.S.C. sections 1381?1383f (2000), the SSA's disability-determination process for children regulations provide sufficient consideration of "the combined impact" of multiple impairments within individual domains.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/28/2003
• Published 05/28/2003

Judges

• Before:  STRAUB, KATZMANN, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffrey S. Trachtman,Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY;  (James M. Baker, Christoper J. Bowes, Michelle R. Duran, Kenneth Rosenfeld, Center for Disability Advocacy Rights, Inc, New York, NY;  Matthew J. Chachere, Northern Manhattan Improvement Corp.Legal Services, New York, NY, on the brief) for Plaintiffs-Appellants Elisa Encarnacion o/b/o Arlene George;  Ana Felipe o/b/o Victoria Felipe;  Margarita Guzman o/b/o Eric Garcia;  Sandra Perez o/b/o Maurice Perez;  and all others similarly situated., Richard P. Weishaupt, Jonathan M. Stein, Robert Lukens, Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia, PA;  Ira Burnim, Jennifer Mathis, Judge David L. BazelonCenter for Mental Health Law, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae American Psychiatric Association, National Mental Health Association, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Children's Defense Fund, Children's Rights Inc., & New York State Association of School Psychologists.


• For Appellees:
  
• Susan D. Baird, Assistant United States Attorney (James B. Comey, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Gideon A. Schor, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief) for Defendant-Appellee Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security.