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J.L. v. SOCIAL SEC. ADMIN.

No. 91-55267.

971 F.2d 260 (1992)

J.L., and K.P., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Share Ourselves, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Gwendolyn S. King, Commissioner of Social Security, and Louis D. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 15, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gill Deford, Nat. Senior Citizens Law Center, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Deborah Ruth Kant, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before: FLETCHER, NELSON, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges.

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Appellants allege that certain practices of the Social Security Administration ("SSA") discriminate against them on the basis of handicap and seek declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794. They appeal the district court's dismissal of their complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), and its holdings that section 504 does not authorize suit by private...

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