United States Ninth Circuit

Dismissal of a class action suit, alleging California state officials systematically disregarded federal regulations in initially evaluating certain Social Security benefit applications, is affirmed as appellants did not exhaust their administrative remedies.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/11/2003
• Decided 03/24/2003
• Published 03/24/2003

Judges

• Before TROTT, RYMER, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert E. Borton,Heller, Ehrman, White, & McAuliffe, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants., Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. and Olivier A. Sylvain, Jenner & Block, LLC, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christine N. Kohl, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for the defendants-appellees., Douglas M. Press, Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellees.