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Parties Involved:
Tammy Hulsey
Plaintiff
Social Security Administration
Defendant

Document Text:

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Michael J. Astrue was sworn in as the Commissioner of Social

Security on February 12, 2007. He is therefore substituted for Jo

Anne B. Barnhart pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 25(d)(1).

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

JONESBORO DIVISION

TAMMY HULSEY Plaintiff

v. 3:05CV00191 JFF

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE,

Commissioner, Social 

Security Administration,1 Defendant

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Defendant has filed a motion to dismiss and brief in support

thereof. Defendant has moved to dismiss this case for want of

subject matter jurisdiction, urging that Plaintiff has failed to

exhaust her administrative remedies and thus there has been no final

decision of the Commissioner from which to appeal. 

(g) Judicial review. Any individual, after any final

decision of the Commissioner of Social Security made after

a hearing to which he was a party, irrespective of the

amount in controversy, may obtain a review of such decision

by a civil action commenced within sixty days after the

mailing to him of notice of such decision or within such

further time as the Commissioner of Social Security may

allow. . . .

42 U.S.C. § 405 (1995).

(h) Finality of Commissioner's decision. The findings and

decisions of the Commissioner of Social Security after a

hearing shall be binding upon all individuals who were

parties to such hearing. No findings of fact or decision

of the Commissioner of Social Security shall be reviewed by

any person, tribunal, or governmental agency except as

herein provided. . . .

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Id.

The Social Security Act precludes general federal subject matter

jurisdiction until administrative remedies have been exhausted.

Anderson v. Sullivan, 959 F.2d 690, 692 (8th Cir. 1992).

Exhaustion is generally required as a matter of preventing

premature interference with agency processes, so that the

agency may function efficiently and so that it may have an

opportunity to correct its own errors, to afford the

parties and the courts the benefit of its experience and

expertise, and to compile a record which is adequate for

judicial review.

Weinberger v. Salfi, 422 U.S. 749, 765 (1975).

Plaintiff promptly conceded that Defendant’s position was

correct and that she had no objection to the granting of the motion

to dismiss. Defendant's motion to dismiss is well-taken.

THEREFORE, it is hereby

ORDERED that Defendant's motion to dismiss (docket #8) is

granted, and that Plaintiff's complaint is dismissed without

prejudice. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED this 16th day of April, 2007.

 /s/John F. Forster, Jr. 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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