Simone R. Taylor v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner, Social Security Administration

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge’.

Simone R. Taylor sought a writ of mandamus to compel the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) to pay benefits to which she claims entitlement. The district court1 denied her motion. We affirm, although we note that an unexplored avenue of possible relief for Taylor remains available.

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Taylor was born in the United Kingdom in 1974 and remains a British citizen. She was adopted by citizens of the United States — an American serviceman and his wife — in the United Kingdom in 1984, and she moved to the United States with her adoptive family that year. According to…