[nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fwd: [berkeley-disabled] Fwd: News - Same sex marriage and SSI Litigation

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> From: "Robin Earth rearth at cilberkeley.org [berkeley-disabled]" <berkeley-disabled-noreply at yahoogroups.com>
> Date: June 15, 2015 at 11:29:26 AM PDT
> To: Berkeley Disability List <berkeley-disabled at yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [berkeley-disabled] Fwd: News - Same sex marriage and SSI Litigation
> Reply-To: Robin Earth <rearth at cilberkeley.org>
> 
> Thank you Justice in Aging and GLAD!
> 
> Robin
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> From: Justice In Aging <arich at justiceinaging.org>
> Date: Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:00 AM
> Subject: Important Development in SSI Litigation
> To: rearth at cilberkeley.org
> 
> We have some big news regarding Held v. Colvin, a lawsuit we filed in
> March against the Social Security Administration (SSA) to stop the
> agency from collecting overpayments from married couples of the same
> sex receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits.
> 
> SSA recently issued a temporary emergency order to stop agency workers
> from issuing any new overpayment notices to SSI recipients married to
> a person of the same sex.
> 
> The suit charges that SSA discriminated against married individuals of
> the same sex who receive SSI by failing to recognize their legal
> marriages, and continuing to issue benefits as if the recipients were
> single even after the Windsor decision struck down the Defense of
> Marriage Act.
> 
> Read more about the case and this new development on our blog.
> http://justiceinaging.org/same-sex-married-couples-on-ssi-have-something-to-celebrate-for-pride/
> 
> If you know an LGBT SSI recipient in this situation who has already
> received notice of overpayment, they could be a potential class member
> in the case. Please contact Justice in Aging Litigation Director,
> Anna Rich at arich at justiceinaging.org.
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