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· 1/16/1987

Eleuterio MARTINEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

Citations

  • 807 F.2d 771

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the ALJ is \free to accept or reject\ additional restrictions proposed by a claimant’s lawyer so long as the ALJ’s final determination is \supported by substantial evidence\
  • stating that 3,750 to 4,250 jobs that 9 || exist regionally within the claimant's limitations is enough to support an ALJ’s finding of 10 “‘significant number of jobs.”’
  • “whether there are a significant number of jobs a claimant is able to perform with his limitations is a question of fact to be determined by a judicial officer.”
  • “Congress has explicitly determined that it is the existence of jobs that is essential, and that an administrative law judge is not required to consider the hiring practices of employers, or whether a claimant could actually obtain work if he applied for it.”
  • 3,750 to 4,250 jobs in region significant

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Judges: Alarcon, Brunetti, Noonan

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