Bruno Mancari v. Carolyn Colvin
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Filed Nonprecedential Disposition PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. William J. Bauer, Circuit Judge; Frank H. Easterbrook, Circuit Judge and David F. Hamilton, Circuit Judge. [6819875-1] [6819875] [16-3122]
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NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION
To be cited only in accordance with
Fed. R. App. P. 32.1
United States Court of Appeals
For the Seventh Circuit
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Argued February 15, 2017
Decided February 17, 2017
Before
WILLIAM J. BAUER, Circuit Judge
FRANK H. EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge
DAVID F. HAMILTON, Circuit Judge
No. 16‐3122
BRUNO MANCARI,
Plaintiff‐Appellant,
v.
NANCY A. BERRYHILL,
Defendant‐Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District
Court for the Northern District of
Illinois, Eastern Division.
No. 15 C 1105
Sidney I. Schenkier,
Magistrate Judge.
O R D E R
Bruno Mancari is a citizen of Italy who resided in the United States from 1958 to 2007.
He worked for many years in the United States, and he and his employers paid Federal
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Insurance Contributions Act taxes toward old‐age insurance and other Social Security
benefits. But Mr. Mancari was removed from the United States to Italy in 2007 after
completing a prison term following his conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm
by a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). In 2012, he applied to the United States
Social Security Administration for old‐age insurance benefits. The Administration
approved his application but immediately suspended payment pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
§ 402(n)(1), which cross‐references 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2), because Mr. Mancari had been
deported due to his conviction. Under § 402(n)(1), Mr. Mancari may not receive old‐age
insurance benefits unless and until he is lawfully re‐admitted to the United States for
permanent residence.
Mr. Mancari has challenged the constitutionality of that statutory provision in further
administrative proceedings, before the district court, and now on appeal. He argues that
§ 402(n) violates the Equal Protection Clause (as incorporated in the Fifth Amendment’s
Due Process Clause, see Estate of Kunze v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 233 F.3d 948,
954 (7th Cir. 2000)), and his rights under the Due Process and Takings Clauses of the Fifth
Amendment.
Supreme Court precedent forecloses each of those claims. In Flemming v. Nestor, 363
U.S. 603, 612 (1960), the Court upheld an earlier version of § 402(n) against several
constitutional challenges, including an equal protection challenge, by a deported alien.
Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319, 340–41 (1976), established that Social Security claimants
are not entitled to the pre‐deprivation hearing Mr. Mancari seeks unless the benefits are
awarded “based upon financial need,” which is not the case here. And a person’s
expectation that he will receive Social Security benefits is not protected by the Takings
Clause; those benefits “may be altered or even eliminated at any time.” U.S. Railroad
Retirement Board v. Fritz, 449 U.S. 166, 174 (1980); Flemming, 363 U.S. at 609–10. To the
extent Mr. Mancari wishes to ask the Supreme Court to revisit any of these decisions, he
has raised those issues in this court. The judgment of the district court dismissing the case
is
AFFIRMED.
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