J.L., and K.P., on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated Share Ourselves v. Social Security Administration, Gwendolyn S. King, Commissioner of Social Security, and Louis D. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, in Their Official Capacities

971 F.2d 260 38 Soc.Sec.Rep.Ser. 247, 3 NDLR P 42 J.L., and K.P., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Share Ourselves, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Gwendolyn S. King, Commissioner of Social Security, and Louis D. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees. No. 91-55267. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 11, 1991. Decided July 15, 1992. Gill Deford, Nat. Senior Citizens Law Center, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Deborah Ruth Kant, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before: FLETCHER, NELSON, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants allege that certain practices of the Social Security Administration ("SSA") discriminate against them on the basis of handicap and seek declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794 . They appeal the district court's dismissal of their complaint under…