Larry Joe Richards v. Donna E. Shalala Slater, Law Judge John Chambers, Administrative Appeals Judge Julia Mills, Administrative Appeals Judge

133 F.3d 923, 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 3754

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: February 5, 1998
• Docket: 97-2634
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

133 F.3d 923

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Larry Joe RICHARDS, Appellant,
v.
Donna E. SHALALA; Slater, Law Judge; John Chambers,
Administrative Appeals Judge; Julia Mills,
Administrative Appeals Judge, Appellees.

No. 97-2634WM.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Feb. 5, 1998.
Argued Jan. 27, 1998
Decided Feb. 5, 1998

Before FAGG, BEAM, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Before reaching the merits of Larry Joe Richards's appeal, we must decide whether jurisdiction exists to review this matter. The law is well established that absent a colorable constitutional challenge federal courts generally do not have jurisdiction to review refusals to reopen claims for disability benefits. See King v. Chater, 90 F.3d 323, 325 (8th Cir.1996). Having reviewed the record, we conclude this rule controls our review, and we thus dismiss Richards's appeal for lack of jurisdiction. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.