OPINION
D. BROOKS SMITH, District Judge.
In this Social Security appeal, we are asked by the plaintiff to assume jurisdiction in a case where he challenges, not the Secretary's initial substantive decision on the claim for benefits, but rather an order of dismissal of plaintiff's Request for a Hearing. The Secretary contends that because this was not a final decision "made after a hearing," 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), we are without jurisdiction. For the reasons...
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