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SMITH v. HECKLER

No. Civ. S-83-1609 EJG.

595 F.Supp. 1173 (1984)

Robert SMITH, Joe Dias, Madge Hanna, and Bob Williams, as individuals; on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Martha McSteen, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

June 6, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carole F. Grossman, Yolo County Legal Center for the Elderly, Woodland, Cal., Bruce J. Hagel, Olson, Connelly & Hagel, Sacramento, Cal., for plaintiffs; Manuel A. Romero, Legal Services of Northern California, Yolo County Law Office, Woodland, Cal., Roberta Ranstrom, Sacramento, Cal., Peter Komlos-Hrobsky, Natl. Senior Citizens, Los Angeles, Cal., Eileen Sweeney, Natl. Senior Citizens, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

Joseph Maloney, Asst. U.S. Atty., Sacramento, Cal., for defendants; Dennis J. Mulshine, Asst. Regional Atty., Dept. of Health and Human Services, San Francisco, Cal., of counsel.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

EDWARD J. GARCIA, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, four named individuals who claim to be disabled, have filed this action seeking to represent a class whose members challenge the procedures and regulations used by the defendants in making disability determinations. Plaintiffs alleged that they and other class members similarly situated have had or will have claims for benefits summarily denied by the defendants on the basis of what the...

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