Holden v. Heckler

I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY 3

II. DISABILITY PAYMENTS UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT: SSDI AND SSI 5

III. THE NAMED PLAINTIFFS AND CLASS MEMBERS 23

IV. JURISDICTION 35

V. CLASS CERTIFICATION 53

VI. PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION 60

VII. RELIEF 71

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ANN ALDRICH, District Judge.

This class action raises statutory and constitutional challenges to policies and procedures by which federal and state officials have terminated social security disability benefits without demonstrating by substantial evidence that the recipients are no longer disabled within the meaning of the law. The plaintiffs contend…