Lucille M. Abbott v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare of the United States

Lucille M. Abbott áppeals from a judgment entered in the District Court for the District of Nebraska 1 affirming the final decision of the Secretary of HEW denying her retirement insurance benefits under § 202(a) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 402(a). For reversal appellant argues the district court erred in failing to hold that the government was estopped. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

The facts are essentially undisputed. Appellant filed a claim for retirement benefits in February 1977, asserting that she had been employed by her…