Legal Opinion
J.L. v. Social Security Administration
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 15, 1992No. 91-55267PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Appellants allege that certain practices of the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) discriminate against them on the basis of handicap and seek declaratory, in-junctive, and monetary relief under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794. They appeal the district court’s dismissal of their complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), and its holdings that section 504 does not authorize suit by private persons against the government, that sovereign immunity bars suit against the government, and that the district court is without…
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