Fowlkes v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
667 F.3d 270 · 2012
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1383 (§ 1631 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Landgraf v. USI Film Products · Universal Church v. Geltzer · Mortimer Off Shore Services, Ltd. v. Federal Republic of Germany · Oteze Fowlkes v. Adamec · Connecticut v. Duncan
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“[A]n incarcerated individual who has been underpaid social security benefits may not receive payment of those benefits until he ... is released from prison. In particular, we read the relevant statutory language, that the Act “shall be effective for payments that would otherwise be made” after the date of the Act’s enactment, as clearly stating that no payments shall be made to prisoners after the Act’s enactment, even if the underlying obligation to pay predates the Act.... To pay [the incarcerated plaintiff] now would require SSA to re-tender a check to him while he remains “an inmate of a public institution that is a jail, prison, or other penal institution or correctional facility.” 42 U.S.C. § 1383 (b)(7)(A). The text of the Act clearly bars such payments, without exception. See id. (“no payment shall be made ... during any period” in which an individual is incarcerated).”
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