Grace DRUMMOND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant-Appellee

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• relying on Senters v. Sec’y of Health & Human Servs., 1992 WL 78102 (6th Cir. Apr. 17, 1991) (per curiam). See also Dennard v. Sec’y of Health & Human Servs., 907 F.2d 598 (6th Cir.1990) (per curiam
• black-swan case placing the “burden … on the Commissioner to prove changed circumstances and therefore escape the principles of res judicata.” (italics added)
• “When the Commissioner has made a final decision concerning a claimant's entitlement to benefits, the Commissioner is bound by this determination absent changed circumstances.”
• “The doctrine of res judicata has been commonly applied in social security cases . . . .”
• burden on Commissioner to show changed circumstances for a second application to avoid preclusive effect of a prior final decision awarding benefits
• ALJ’s hearing approximates a judicial trial by resolving whether claimant is eligible for social security benefits.

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