Dixon vs. Astrue

Filing 33

MEMORANDUM Opinion and Order Signed by the Honorable Jeffrey Cole on 1/28/2014:Mailed notice(jms, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
MAURICEA DIXON,
Plaintiff,
v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN1, Commissioner
of Social Security,
Defendant.

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No. 12 C 1843
Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cole

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
The plaintiff, Mauricea Dixon, seeks review of the final decision of the Commissioner
(“Commissioner”) of the Social Security Administration (“Agency”) denying her application for
Childhood Disability Benefits (“CDB”) under 42 U.S.C. § 402(d)(1). Ms. Dixon asks the court to
reverse and remand the Commissioner’s decision, while the Commissioner seeks an order affirming
the decision.
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PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Ms. Dixon applied for CDB on September 12, 2008, alleging that she had become disabled
on January 1, 1999. (Administrative Record (“R.”) 167-68). Her application was denied initially
and upon reconsideration. Ms. Dixon continued pursuit of her claim by filing a timely request for
a hearing.
An administrative law judge (“ALJ”) convened a hearing on May 4, 2010, at which Ms.
Dixon, represented by counsel, appeared and testified along with her adoptive mother. (R. 25-88).

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Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 25(d), we have substituted Carolyn W. Colvin for
Michael J. Astrue as the appellee.