§ 423.1 - Suits against the Social Security Administration and its employees in their official capacities.

§ 423.1 Suits against the Social Security Administration and its employees in their official capacities.

(a) Suits involving individual claims arising under Titles title II, VIII, and/or XVI.XVI, or XVIII of the Social Security Act.

(1) In cases seeking judicial review of final

Agency

decisions of the Commissioner of Social Security on individual claims for benefits under

titles

title II, VIII,

and/

or XVI of the Social Security Act, or on individual claims for a Medicare Part D subsidy under title XVIII of the Act, summonses and complaints to be served by mail on the Social Security Administration or the Commissioner of Social Security should be sent to the

office in the Social Security Administration's

Office of the General Counsel

that is responsible for the processing and handling of litigation in the particular jurisdiction in which the complaint has been filed. The names, addresses, and jurisdictional responsibilities of these offices are published in the Federal Register, and are available on-line at the Social Security Administration's Internet site, http://www.socialsecurity.gov.

, Office of Program Litigation, Social Security Administration, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235.

(2) We also accept electronic service in these cases, as provided by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

(b) Other suits. In cases that do not involve claims described in paragraph (a) of this section, summonses and complaints to be served by mail on the Social Security Administration or the Commissioner of Social Security should be sent to the Office of the General Counsel, Social Security Administration, Room 617, Altmeyer Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235.

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