ALAMEDA v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH, ED. & WELFARE

Nos. 79-1173, 79-1175, 79-1182 and 79-1289 to 79-1292.

622 F.2d 1044 (1980)

Antonio ALAMEDA, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE, Defendant, Appellant. Jose SANTIAGO, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE, Defendant, Appellant. Alfonso Reyes RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE, Defendant, Appellant. Jesus M. TORRES, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE, Defendant, Appellant. Ladislao MATOS, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE, Defendant, Appellant. Hortensia Robles RIOS, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE, Defendant, Appellant. Maria O. SANTANA, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan A. Ehrlich, Atty., Civ. Div., App. Staff, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Julio Morales-Sanchez, U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., and William Kanter, Atty., Civ. Div., App. Staff, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Fellciano Canino, Hato Rey, P. R., for plaintiff, appellee, Antonio Alameda.

Lawrence Odell, Hato Rey, P. R., for plaintiff, appellee, Alfonso Reyes Rodriguez.

Jose A. Olivieri Rodriguez, Mayaguez, P. R., for plaintiff, appellee, Jesus M. Torres.

Jorge M. Canellas, San Juan, P. R., for plaintiff, appellee, Jose Santiago.

Rafael Carreras Valle, Rio Piedras, P. R., for plaintiff, appellee, Hortensia Robles Rios.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

These seven consolidated cases present an important question about judicial supervision of appeals from administrative denials of social security disability benefits. In each case, after a claimant filed a complaint in the district court, the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare filed an answer and transcript of the administrative record, as required by 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). The Secretary repeatedly failed, however, to honor the orders...

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