Lonnie T. Ledbetter, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Carol Young, Social Security Administration; Socialsecurity Administration, Defendants-appellees, 122 F.3d 1072 (9th Cir. 1997)

MEMORANDUM^* 

Lonnie T. Ledbetter, a recipient of disability benefits pursuant to Title XVI of the Social Security Act, appeals pro se the district court's dismissal for lack of jurisdiction of his action alleging improper reduction in his benefits. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review the dismissal for failure to exhaust administrative remedies for abuse of discretion. See Girard v. Klopfenstein, 930 F.2d 738, 740 (9th Cir. 1991). We affirm.

Judicial review of Ledbetter's Social Security claim is permitted only after Ledbetter has timely exhausted his administrative remedies. See 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). Because Ledbetter failed to exhaust his administrative remedies, see Hironymous v. Bowen, 800 F.2d 888, 890-91 (9th Cir. 1986), and because Ledbetter has not satisfied any of the exceptions to the exhaustion requirement, see Briggs v. Sullivan, 886 F.2d 1132, 1139 (9th Cir. 1989), the district court did not abuse its discretion in finding it lacked jurisdiction to consider Ledbetter's complaint, see Girard, 930 F.2d at 740.

AFFIRMED.