Organization and Procedures; Procedures of the Office of Hearings and Appeals; Authority of Appeals Officers To Deny a Request for Appeals Council Review
This final rule amends our regulations on the organization and procedures of the Appeals Council to authorize Appeals Officers, as well as members of the Appeals Council, to deny a request for review of a decision by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) in cases in which denying the request for review gives the parties to the ALJ decision a right to seek judicial review of that decision.