Local Rule 206: SPECIAL RULE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY AND BLACK LUNG ACTIONS

RULE 206 (Fed. R. Civ. P. 8)

SPECIAL RULE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY AND BLACK LUNG ACTIONS

(a) Pleadings. Complaints under Titles II, XVI, and XVIII of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 405(g), 1383(c)(3), and/or 1395ff, or under Part B, Title N, of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, shall contain the following information in addition to the matters otherwise required by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and these Rules:

(1) In actions involving claims for retirement, survivors, disability, health insurance and black lung benefits, the last four digits of the social security number of the worker on whose wage record the application for benefits was filed (who may or may not be the plaintiff); or

(2) In actions involving claims for supplemental security income benefits, the last four digits of the social security number of the plaintiff.

Plaintiff shall disclose privately to defendant within seven (7) days after a request for the full social security number of the worker or plaintiff, as the case may be.

(b) Administrative Transcripts in Social Security Actions. See L.R. 138(b).

(c) Privacy Issues in Social Security Actions. Except for court orders and proposed findings and recommendations, Internet access to the individual documents will be limited to attorneys of record, persons authorized by the Court, and court staff. Docket sheets, court orders and proposed findings and recommendations, however, will be available over the Internet to non-parties. Pro se parties and non-parties will continue to have direct access to the documents on file with the Clerk. See L.R. 140(a).