Thompson v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration, No. 17-2111 (8th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's action challenging the denial of his application for disability insurance benefits. The court held that plaintiff was not entitled to equitable tolling of the time limit, because no extraordinary circumstance prevented him from timely filing an action in the district court. In this case, plaintiff's failure to file his appeal despite clear, repeated instructions that he should do so, was at best a garden variety claim of excusable neglect for which equitable tolling was unavailable. Therefore, plaintiff's action was time-barred and was properly dismissed by the district court.
Court Description: Colloton, Author, with Wollman and Benton, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Social Security. The district court did not err in dismissing claimant's action as the complaint was untimely and he failed to establish grounds for equitable tolling.
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