Legal Opinion
Cleto Rivera, Jr. v. Railroad Retirement Board
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 28, 2001No. 99-71278PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge:
The Railroad Retirement Board’s Bureau of Hearings and Appeals upheld the termination of Appellant Cleto Rivera’s disabled child’s annuity under the Railroad Retirement Act (the “Act”). The Railroad Retirement Board (the “Board”) dismissed Rivera’s subsequent appeal as untimely. We dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.
I
The government began providing Rivera with a disabled child’s annuity effective July 1, 1985. The Act provides an annuity to a surviving disabled child of a railroad employee covered by the Act. 45 U.S.C. § 231a(d)(l)(iii) (2000). A survivor receives an…
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