Ostroff v. State of Fla., Dept. of Health

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• rejecting Fourteenth Amendment as hasis for suit for Social Security benefits because the Florida State Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services operated as a federal agency
• “The defendants, ... although a state agency and a state official, were not acting under color of state law, but were acting under federal authority.”
• “Ostroff now seeks further vindication by suing for consequential and punitive damages. Section 405(g) does not contemplate such an action and affords no such relief.”
• “Ostroff now seeks further vindication by suing for consequential and punitive damages. Section 405(g) does not contemplate such an action and affords no such relief.”
• “Ostroff now seeks further vindication by suing for consequential and punitive damages. Section 405(g) does not contemplate such an action and affords no such relief.”
• section 405(g) only authorizes suit against the Secretary of Health and Human Services, now the Commissioner of Social Security

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).