Legal Opinion
Justiniano v. Social Security Administration
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 21, 2017No. 16-2227PPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRON, Circuit Judge.
The Social Security Administration (“SSA”) terminated the disability benefits that Daniel Justiniano and Francisco Men-éndez—the plaintiffs-appellants—had been receiving. 1 The SSA did so based on a concern that the medical evidence that supported Justiniano’s and Menéndez’s applications for those benefits was fraudulent because in each case that evidence was traceable to a physician who was the subject of a federal fraud investigation.
Justiniano and Menéndez each challenged administratively the SSA’s decision to terminate the benefits for which they had applied.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bowen v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. Ilario M.A. ZanninoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Weinberger v. SalfiSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Sullivan v. ZebleySupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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