Number: RL33394
Title: Social Security Administration: Suspension of  Benefits for Fugitive Felons and the Agency's Response to the Fowlkes Decision
Authors: Scott Szymendera, Domestic Social Policy Division; Kathleen S. Swendiman, American Law Division 
Abstract: In December 2005, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision in Fowlkes v. Adamec, 432 F. 3d 90 (2nd 2005), that struck down part of the SSA's interpretation of its fugitive felon regulations, and held that the mere existence of an outstanding arrest warrant does not make a beneficiary a fugitive felon whose benefits may be suspended. This report includes a discussion of this decision as well as an overview of the SSA's acquiescence ruling that will apply this decision to SSI, SSDI, and OASI cases in Connecticut, New York, and Vermont.
Pages: 7
Date: April 27, 2006