The Social Security Administration has posted new addresses for service of process effective immediately. This has to do with suing the agency. If you sue them, you have to let them know you've sued them. This is the address you use to let them know you've sued them. The address you use depends upon the judicial district the lawsuit is brought in. They had just changed these addresses in October. I believe all the changes shift cases from the Office of Regional Counsel in New York. Is there some problem there?
Nothing all that surprising or interesting - new case filings in jurisdictions that the New York office handled (or handled) have risen faster than in other jurisdictions, so it's a matter of shifting things around to balance the workload across offices.
ReplyDeleteIn the Northern and Eastern District of Oklahoma service of summons on the Regional Counsel, the United States Attorney and the Attorney General are accomplished by e-mail.
ReplyDeleteSeveral years ago a committee on Social Security practice was set up in the Northern District of Oklahoma. The committee included the Chief Judge of the District, the Clerk of the Court, a Magistrate Judge, a representative of the United State Attorneys Office and two private attorneys. I was privileged to be one of the private attorneys.
We met several times and came up with several items to streamline the practice, including service by e-mail; and elimination of an Answer by the defendant. Also, the page limitation of briefs was changed from 10 to 15. The Court implemented the program through a General Order.
This process worked well and was later implemented by the Eastern District of Oklahoma.