(September 11, 2020, 9:27 AM EDT) -- LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal magistrate judge in Kentucky on Sept. 9 ruled that a recent Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision upholding the application of the "Windfall Elimination Provision" (WEP) to dual status technicians is binding and affirmed the Social Security commissioner's reduction of benefits for a retired technician who had unsuccessfully argued that he was eligible for WEP's uniformed services exception (Mark Ferris v. Commissioner of Social Security, No. 18-769, W.D. Ky., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 164041)....