Ferriell v. Commissioner of Social Security

OPINION

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

In this social security case, Plaintiff seeks review of the Appeals Council’s decision that he is not entitled to receive disability benefits. Because we find that the decision in Plaintiffs case was entered pursuant to the Appeals Council’s authority to reopen and revise the decisions of an administrative law judge, and that the procedures used did not violate Plaintiffs right to due process, we AFFIRM the district court’s ruling upholding the Appeals Council’s decision.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On May 17, 2005, William Ferriell submitted an application…