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Parties Involved:
Jo Anne B. Barnhart
Appellee
Janice E. Buddemeier
Appellant

Document Text:

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The Honorable John F. Forster, Jr., United States Magistrate Judge for the

Eastern District of Arkansas, to whom the case was referred for final disposition by

consent of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 03-3142

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Janice E. Buddemeier, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Eastern District of Arkansas.

Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner, *

Social Security Administration, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellee. *

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Submitted: April 6, 2004

Filed: April 22, 2004 

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Before MELLOY, HANSEN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Janice Buddemeier appeals the district court’s1

 order dismissing her challenge

to the Commissioner’s denial of disability insurance benefits. We affirm.

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The Commissioner denied Buddemeier benefits in 1986 because her condition

would not keep her from working for 12 consecutive months. In 1995, at

Buddemeier’s request, her case was reopened, but the Commissioner again denied

benefits. An administrative law judge found in 1999 that the case was improperly

reopened, and reinstated the 1986 denial as the final agency determination. When

Buddemeier sought judicial review, the district court found that it lacked jurisdiction

to hear the case.

Upon de novo review, see Boock v. Shalala, 48 F.3d 348, 351 & n.2 (8th Cir.

1995), we conclude dismissal was proper because the Commissioner’s refusal to

reconsider a previously denied claim is not a “final order” and is unreviewable absent

a constitutional violation, see Robertson v. Sullivan, 979 F.2d 623, 625 (8th Cir.

1992) (per curiam). Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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