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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE MARY E. GALLANT, Plaintiff v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 2:11-cv-421-NT

REPORT AND RECOMMENDED DECISION1 This Social Security Disability ("SSD") and Supplemental Security Income ("SSI") appeal raises the question of whether the administrative law judge supportably found the plaintiff capable of performing work existing in significant numbers in the national economy. 2 The plaintiff seeks reversal and remand on the basis that the administrative law judge improperly evaluated the medical opinion of her longtime treating gastroenterologist, Kenneth A. Lombard, M.D. See Itemized Statement of Errors Pursuant to Local Rule 16.3 Submitted by Plaintiff

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This action is properly brought under 42 U.S.C.

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