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Timestamp: 2019-08-23 14:21:04
Document Index: 228553154

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 405', '§ 405', '§ 405', '§ 405', '§ 405', '§ 404', '§ 404']

CINDY M. WOODS Plaintiff,
The Commissioner seeks dismissal of this case claiming Plaintiff's Complaint is untimely. (Doc. No. 10.) Plaintiff has not responded.
Title 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) requires the commencement of a civil action to be within sixty (60) days after the date the Notice of Final Decision is mailed to the Plaintiff, or within any time as extended by the Appeals Council of the Social Security Administration. Section 405(g) says:
42 U.S.C. § 405(g). Judicial review of the Commissioner's determination is limited in scope by 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). The Supreme Court has specifically held that § 405(h) prevents review of the Commissioner's decisions except as provided in § 405(g) of the Act. Sheehan v. Secretary of Health, Ed. & Welfare, 593 F.2d 323, 325 (8th Cir.1979) (citing Weinberger v. Salfi, 422 U.S. 749, 95 S.Ct. 2457, 45 L.Ed.2d 522 (1975)). So the final decision of the Commissioner is binding unless the claimant files her federal civil action within sixty (60) days after receipt of the notice of the Appeals Council's decision. See also 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.981, 422.210. The date of receipt is presumed to be five days after the date of such notice, unless there is a reasonable showing to the contrary made to the Appeals Council. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.901, 422.210(c). Although the Supreme Court has held that the sixty (60) days is a period of limitation and in a rare case may be tolled, Bowen v. City of New York, 476 U.S. 467, 481 (1986), the Eighth Circuit has upheld the 60-day time limitation. Hammonds v. Bowen, 870 F.2d 446, 448 (8th Cir.1989) and Turner v. Bowen, 862 F.2d 708, 710 (8th Cir.1988) (per curiam).
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Here, the Appeals Council&#39;s final decision is dated August 20, 2018. (Doc. No. 11-1 at 30.) The document was mailed to the same address Plaintiff has utilized as her mailing address for this lawsuit. The order specifically states, &ldquo;If you disagree with our action, you may ask for court review of the Administrative Law Judge&#39;s decision by filing a civil action. . . You may file a civil action (ask for court review) by filing a complaint in the United States District Court for the judicial district in which you live.&rdquo; (Id. at 31.) Import to this decision, the order also states, &ldquo;You have 60 days to file a civil action (ask for court review). The 60 days start the day after you receive this letter.&rdquo; (Id. at 32.) The order also stated, and the regulations provide, that receipt of the notice would be presumed five days thereafter, on August 25, ...