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MARTIN v. SULLIVAN

No. 92-15137.

976 F.2d 582 (1992)

Velma MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 5, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gill Deford, National Sr. Citizens Law Center, Los Angeles, Cal., Evelyn R. Frank, Legal Aid Soc. of Alameda County, Oakland, Cal., Paul Rose, Legal Aid Soc. of Alameda County, Hayward, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

John S. Koppel, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., George C. Stoll, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., William Kanter, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before: CANBY, REINHARDT, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.

CANBY, Circuit Judge:

Velma Martin, on behalf of herself and other Supplemental Security Income (SSI) claimants, contends that 20 C.F.R. § 416.1123(b)(1) and 42 U.S.C. § 1383(b)(1)(B) violate their rights to equal protection. We disagree.

BACKGROUND

As the widow of a former railroad employee, Martin became eligible to receive monthly survivor's benefits from the Railroad Retirement Board (Board...

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