Sims v. Apfel
United States Supreme Court
530 U.S. 103 (2000)
Relevant factsFree
After an ALJ denied Sims's (plaintiff) disability benefits application and the Social Security Appeals Council declined further review, Sims raised new issues on appeal to the Fifth Circuit that she had not specifically raised before the Appeals Council, and the court of appeals held it lacked jurisdiction over those unraised issues.
IssueFree
Whether an appellant waives judicial review of a specific issue by failing to raise it during a non-adversarial administrative appeals process.