[Missouri-l] Fw: [leadership] FW: DREDF eNews Flash - Trial Starts against Social Security

[Chip Hailey]

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From: "Mitch Pomerantz" <mitch.pomerantz at earthlink.net>
To: <leadership at acb.org>; "'Acb List'" <acb-l at acb.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 3:31 PM
Subject: [leadership] FW: DREDF eNews Flash - Trial Starts against Social 
Security


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> Mitch Pomerantz
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> From: Susan Henderson [mailto:shenderson at dredf.org]
> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 5:00 AM
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> Subject: DREDF eNews Flash - Trial Starts against Social Security
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> DREDF logo <http://www.dredf.org/images/news-logo.jpg>
> NEWS FLASH
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> ACB vs. SSA
> Trial Begins
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> September 14, 2009
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> Dear Friends,
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> After four years of litigation, DREDF and co-counsel Howrey LLP, head to
> trial this morning, September 14, 2009, on behalf of the American Council 
> of
> the Blind (ACB) and a class of 3,000,000 blind and visually impaired
> plaintiffs. In a class action lawsuit filed under Section 504, plaintiffs
> are challenging the Social Security Administration's (SSA) failure to
> provide its communications in alternative formats that would enable people
> with visual impairments to have equal access to the agency's programs.
>
> SSA's failure to provide alternative formats has resulted in the loss of
> critical benefits, privacy and dignity for individuals who depend on 
> Social
> Security benefits.
>
> The trial begins at 7:30 a.m., before Judge William Alsup, in Courtroom 9,
> at the US District Court for the Northern District of California, 450 
> Golden
> Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA. The trial is expected to last for about 
> two
> weeks.
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> C 2009
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