United States Second Circuit

Denial of petitioner's motion for summary judgment and grant of respondent's motion to affirm the denial of Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, in case where petitioner suffers from Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS), is affirmed as petitioner does not have the required recent work history, and cannot make out a constitutional challenge to the recent work history requirement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/04/2007
• Published 01/05/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before FEINBERG, KATZMANN, Circuit Judges and PAULEY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard F. Hans, Thacher Profitt & Wood, LLP, New York, N.Y. (John Vukelj, DLA Piper U.S. LLP, New York, NY;  John P. Regan, Stamford, CT, on the brief), for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eric Feigin, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC (Marleigh D. Dover, United States Department of Justice, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Kevin J. O'Connor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, on the brief), for Respondent.