Floyd F. BARRETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee

Plaintiff Floyd F. Barrett appeals the district court’s judgment dismissing his “independent action” seeking relief from a prior judgment of the district court affirming the Secretary’s denial of plaintiff’s application for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

I

As the district court observed, this case “has a protracted and exhaustive procedural history.” Plaintiff filed his original claim for benefits on June 27, 1975, alleging disability as of June 27, 1974, due to a “nervous condition rupture.” The initial…