Reed v. Heckler

SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

Five recipients of social security benefits appeal from the district court’s dismissal of their proposed class action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. They sought to challenge the efforts of the Social Security Administration (SSA) to collect alleged overpayments of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits by withholding current Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits.1 The district court *781ruled that the named plaintiffs had not exhausted their administrative remedies and therefore could not obtain judicial review of their claims. The…