Case Name: Dalena M. TAVERNITI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carolyn W. COLVIN, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-06-27
Citations: 581 F. App'x 645
Docket Number: No. 13-15783
Parties: Dalena M. TAVERNITI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carolyn W. COLVIN, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 581
Pages: 645–646

Head Matter:
Dalena M. TAVERNITI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carolyn W. COLVIN, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 13-15783.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 27, 2014.
Filed June 27, 2014.
Robert Weems, Weems Law Offices, Fairfax, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Shea Lita Bond, Special Assistant U.S., Social Security Administration Office of the General Counsel, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: D.W. NELSON, LEAVY, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Dalena M. Taverniti appeals the district court's judgment dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction Taverniti's action challenging the Commissioner of Social Security's denial of her 2008 request for reconsideration of the agency's 1991 termination of her disability insurance benefits. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
The agency denied as untimely Taverniti's request for agency reconsideration and her request for a hearing before an administrative law judge ("ALJ"). Because Taverniti did not obtain an administrative hearing prior to filing her complaint in district court, she failed to exhaust administrative remedies as required by 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). See 20 C.F.R. § 404.900(a)(5); Dexter v. Colvin, 731 F.3d 977, 980 (9th Cir.2013); Bass v. Soc. Sec. Admin., 872 F.2d 832, 833 (9th Cir.1989) (per curiam).
The district court properly held that both the agency's denial of Taverniti's request for reconsideration as untimely and the AL J's denial of her request for a hearing as untimely were non-final decisions that were not subject to judicial review. See Dexter, 731 F.3d at 980 ("Because [the agency's] decision whether . to entertain untimely hearing request or reopen an earlier application is strictly discretionary, . it is not final and thus not generally reviewable by a district court." (citations omitted)). Taverniti contends that the district court nonetheless had jurisdiction because the AL J's denial of her request for a hearing deprived her of due process and wrongfully prevented her from obtaining review of the denial of reconsideration. This contention lacks merit because the ALJ provided an explanation for the denial of Taverniti's request for a hearing. See id. at 981-82.
We decline to address Taverniti's argument, raised for the first time on appeal, that the district court should have waived the exhaustion requirement and addressed the merits of the agency's denial of her request for reconsideration. See Greger v. Barnhart, 464 F.3d 968, 973 (9th Cir.2006).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.