Leona S. Hunt v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

PECK, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing Leona Hunt’s request for review of the Secretary’s denial of disability benefits. The district court concluded that there was no abuse of discretion by the Secretary in denying appellant a hearing on her application and in refusing to reopen her application.

Appellant filed four separate applications for disability insurance benefits. The first two applications were denied initially and upon reconsideration and appellant was advised in each denial notice that she could request review of the determination by a…