Tittle
Tittle v. Barnhart
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Charles J. Tittle appeals the district court’s decision that it lacked jurisdiction to review the Commissioner of Social Security Administration’s denial of his request to reopen his 1996 application for disability insurance benefits. Tittle also appeals the district court’s decision affirming the Commissioner’s denial of his 1999 application for benefits.
Generally, courts do not have jurisdiction to review a decision not to reopen a previously-adjudicated claim. Krumpelman v. Heckler, 767 F.2d 586, 587-88 (9th Cir.1985). “If, however, a person makes a colorable constitutional claim that the decision not to reopen violates the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment,” courts have jurisdiction. Gonzalez v. Sullivan, 914 F.2d 1197, 1202-03 (9th Cir. 1990). Tittle has failed to raise a colorable constitutional claim. Further, Tittle waived the constitutional claim by not bringing it before the district court in the previous proceeding. See Edlund v. Massanari, 253 F.3d 1152, 1156 (9th Cir.2001). Therefore, the district court properly held that it lacked jurisdiction to review the decision to reopen Tittle’s 1996 application.