Yvonne WONG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

Plaintiff-Appellant Yvonne Wong applied for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. Her request was denied by an administrative law judge of the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) on July 17, 1986. Wong appealed and her request for review was denied by the SSA’s Appeals Council on October 14, 1986. The denial constituted a final decision of the Secretary. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.981. Wong was informed of this determination in a letter dated October 14, 1986, which explained that she had sixty days within which to file an action in federal district court.…