ELLENDER v. SCHWEIKER

No. 82 Civ. 4816 (IBC).

575 F.Supp. 590 (1983)

Dorothy ELLENDER, Angela Zamski, James Trowbridge, Lois W. Brunjes, and Verly Smith, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Richard S. SCHWEIKER, Margaret M. Heckler, as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, John Svahn, and Martha McSteen, individually and as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

November 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Kirklin, The Legal Aid Society, Civil Appeals & Law Reform Unit, New York City, Jeffrey Abrandt, Brooklyn Office of the Elderly, The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn, N.Y., Eileen P. Sweeney, Bruce M. Fried, Washington, D.C., Toby Golick, Jonathan A. Weiss, Legal Services for the Elderly, New York City, John C. Gray, Jr., Brooklyn Legal Services, Corp. B., Brooklyn, N.Y., Leonard S. Clark, Nassau-Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc., Bayshore, N.Y., for plaintiffs; Nancy Morawetz, Lester Helfman, New York City, Jane Stevens, Brooklyn, N.Y., E. Anne Hayes, Bayshore, N.Y., of counsel.

Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty., S.D. N.Y., New York City, for defendants; Steven E. Obus, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City, of counsel.


OPINION

IRVING BEN COOPER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs seek an order for partial summary judgment, pursuant to Rule 57 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, granting declaratory and injunctive relief against defendants' policies and procedures for collecting plaintiffs' alleged debts under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program by deductions from benefits due them under the Old Age, Survivors and Disability (OASDI) program. Additionally, plaintiffs...

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