Smith v. Social Security Administration et al

Filing 9

ORDER dismissing Defendant's Anthony Bartels and Charles D Turner due to Plaintiff can state no claim under section § 405(g) against them. Signed by Judge Susan Webber Wright on 7/18/2013. (jak)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
JONESBORO DIVISION
KIARA SMITH
v.

PLAINTIFF
3:13CV00029-SWW-JJV

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting
Commissioner, Social Security
Administration; ANTHONY
BARTELLS; CHARLES D. TURNER,

DEFENDANTS

ORDER
Along with the Acting Commissioner of the Social Security
Administration, Plaintiff Kiara Smith has sued his former attorney, Anthony
Bartells, Esq., and Charles D. Turner, the vocational expert who testified at his
administrative hearing. But the only proper defendant is the Commissioner
of Social Security. See 42 U.S.C. § 405(g); 20 C.F.R. § 422.210(d). Plaintiff can
state no claim under section § 405(g) against Bartells and Turner and
therefore, they are dismissed.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 18th day of July 2013.
/s/Susan Webber Wright
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE