This page on the Social Security Administration (SSA)'s website details which Social Security beneficiaries are considered members of a class represented in the case of Clark v. Astrue, 274 F.R.D. 462 (S.D.N.Y. 2011). Clark was a class action lawsuit ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 10/7/2013 4:29pm
This settlement agreement settles a federal class action case challenging the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) application of the “fugitive felon” statute, the provisions of which prohibit the payment of certain public benefits, including Supplement ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
This motion is for class certification of all individuals threatened with or who have suffered the suspension or denial of benefits under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (“OASDI”), Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”), or Special Veterans ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
This is a motion for summary adjudication in a class action that challenged the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) application of the “fugitive felon” statute, the provisions of which prohibit the payment of certain public benefits, including Supplem ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
This class action complaint, filed by the National Senior Citizens Law Center (NSCLC), the Urban Justice Center, and others, challenges the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) application of the “fugitive felon” statute, the provisions of which prohibi ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
Under the Social Security Act, the fleeing felon provision on which the Social Security Administration (SSA) relies to terminate benefits applies only if a person intends to flee from prosecution, not if a warrant exists but was unknown to the person at t ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
The mere existence of a warrant for Blakely's arrest on a felony assault charge was insufficient to demonstrate flight to avoid prosecution, and therefore could not serve as the basis for the Social Security Administration's (SSA) decision to te ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
A mentally disabled woman was entitled to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits despite the fact that she left a state in which there was an outstanding criminal charge against her. The court determined that it was not required to defer to the Socia ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
Finding that the plaintiff’s Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits should not have been revoked, the court concluded that the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) guidelines for declaring a person a fleeing felon were inconsistent with the Social ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
This article explains the welfare legislation that created the "fleeing felon" rule allowing discontinuation of numerous benefits, including Supplemental Security Income, and the Social Security Administration's misapplication of the rule i ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm