Hogan v. Astrue

DECISION AND ORDER

DAVID G. LARIMER, District Judge.

This is a putative class action by three claimants, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, whose claims for Social Security Disability Insurance and/or Supplemental Security Income benefits were denied, in whole or in part, by former Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) Franklin T. Russell.2 ALJ Russell retired from the Social Security Administration on June 28, 2006.

Plaintiffs request a declaratory judgment that ALJ Russell was biased, and that his bias and refusal to apply pertinent law deprived claimants of fair hearings on…