United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 15-1727 KYLE D. ALAURA, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee. ____________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Fort Wayne Division. No. 1:13-CV-287-PPS — Philip P. Simon, Chief Judge. ____________________

ARGUED AUGUST 4, 2015 — DECIDED AUGUST 18, 2015 ____________________

Before POSNER, KANNE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges. POSNER, Circuit Judge. In September 2010, a 22-year-old man named Alaura, the plaintiff in this social security disa- bility case, was struck in the back of his head by an assailant wielding a bar stool as a weapon. The blow shattered his skull, necessitating emergency surgery to remove a portion of his brain and place a metal plate in his skull. During this 2 No. 15-1727

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