Martinez settlement

From the Justice in Aging (formerly the National Senior Citizens Law Center): The settlement of a class action lawsuit (Martinez v. Astrue) has ended the Social Security Administration's policy of denying or suspending benefits for "fleeing to avoid prosecution," based solely on the…

Official SSA Martinez page with links to court documents and a summary of the key points of the settlement. On September 24, 2009, the United States District Court in the Northern District of California approved a nationwide class action settlement agreement in the case of Martinez v. Astrue. The…

Update from the National Senior Citizen's Law Center (NSCLC) (now called Jusitice in Aging)  on the settlement implementation in Martinez v. Astrue. Did Social Security Stop Your Benefits Because You Had an Arrest Warrant? You may be able to start your benefits…

  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT   NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA   OAKLAND DIVISION   ROSA MARTINEZ, JIMMY HOWARD,    )       CASE NO.  08-CV-4735 CW ROBERTA DOBBS, BRENT RODERICK  ) SHARON ROZIER, and JOSEPH                )       ORDER DENYING MOTION T0SUTRYNOWICZ, on behalf of…