Law-Assignment
PURPOSE: To practice reading and analyzing case law.
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Read Antonson v. Astrue, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 125482 (U.S. District Court, D. N.Y.) (Links to an external site.).
- Draft a timeline of events, focusing on the procedural history of the case. Assuming that the plaintiff is genuinely unable to work, do you think the time frame is reasonable?
- In a one-to-two page paper discuss the following:
- Note that the plaintiff was accompanied at the hearing by a paralegal. What do you think about that?
- What does the court mean by de novo review? Explain how the standard of review operates in a case like this.
- Describe, in your own words, what the ALJ could have done to avoid remand in this case and to enter the same decision, so that it would be upheld on appeal.