United States Ninth Circuit

Plaintiff unsuccessfully challenged the dismissal of his complaint because a 1996 amendment to the Debt Collection Act no longer protects Social Security Benefits from offset and subsequently allows the government to collect on plaintiff's education debt.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/03/2003
• Decided 07/23/2004
• Published 07/23/2004

Judges

• NOONAN, Circuit Judge:, Before: NOONAN, WARDLAW, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Willie Jordan-Curtis,Jill Sosin, Christopher Scott Jones, Nicole Bunker-Henderson, Ross W. Henderson, The University of Arizona College of Law Pro Bono Appellate Project, Tucson, AZ, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Phillip H. Lynch, Assistant United States Attorney, Tacoma, WA, for the defendants-appellees.