califano sanders argued decided february section administrative procedure act apa providing generally judicial review actions federal administrative agencies persons aggrieved actions afford implied grant district courts jurisdiction review decision secretary health education welfare reopen previously adjudicated claim social security benefits interpretation favor jurisdiction suggested neither text history apa effectively override congress recent decision expand jurisdiction eliminating requirement prerequisite maintaining actions federal agencies officers employees thereof retaining social security act limitation jurisdiction pp social security act provides individual final decision secretary made hearing party irrespective amount controversy may obtain review decision civil action commenced within days authorize judicial review secretary decision absent constitutional challenge petition reopen prior final decision may denied without hearing whereas judicial review limited final decision made hearing moreover allow judicial review frustrate congressional purpose evidenced impose limitation upon review secretary final decision pp reversed brennan delivered opinion white marshall blackmun powell rehnquist joined stewart filed opinion concurring judgment burger joined post stevens took part consideration decision case maurice rosenberg argued cause petitioner briefs solicitor general bork assistant attorney general lee deputy solicitor general jones robert kopp william kowalski argued cause filed brief respondent dennis sweeney filed brief administrative law center legal aid bureau amicus curiae urging reversal justice brennan delivered opinion questions decision whether administrative procedure act independent grant district courts jurisdiction review decision secretary health education welfare reopen previously adjudicated claim social security benefits whether social security act authorizes judicial review secretary decision title ii social security act provides disability benefits claimant demonstrates suffers physical mental disability within meaning act disability arose prior expiration insured status administrative process begun files claim social security administration cfr claim administratively denied regulations permit administrative reconsideration within period request reconsideration prove unsuccessful claimant may within days ask evidentiary hearing administrative law judge supp discretionary appeal adverse determination law judge lies appeals council cfr finally act authorizes federal judicial review final decision secretary made hearing claimant party act regulations thus create orderly administrative mechanism district review final decision secretary assist original processing claims filed annually administration see social security administration year review administration social security programs regulation however administrative scheme provides additional consideration claim form regulations reopening agency determination within specified time limits date initial determination months matter right four years upon finding good cause exists new material evidence provided specific errors discovered cfr moreover regulations permit reopening time purpose correcting clerical errors errors face relevant evidence january respondent filed initial claim agency disability payments disability insurance benefits alleging inability work epilepsy blackout spells claim proceeded several steps administrative procedures administrative law judge found respondent ineligible benefits ground demonstrated relevant disability sufficient severity appeals council june sustained decision respondent pursue judicial review secretary final decision almost seven years later march respondent filed second claim alleging bases eligibility claim processed administrative channels secretary regulations administrative law judge viewed new application barred res judicata see cfr also treated application requiring determination whether claimant entitled prior application reopened app concluding respondent evidence merely rep titio cumulative finding errors face evidence administrative law judge denied reopening dismissed claim respondent thereupon filed action district northern district indiana challenging secretary decision reopen resting jurisdiction district dismissed complaint ground stated unpublished memorandum without jurisdiction consider subject matter suit pet cert appeals seventh circuit reversed sanders weinberger appeals agreed jurisdiction review refusal reopen claim proceeding ground abuse discretion authorized social security act held however limit judicial review methods expressly authorize social security act therefore appeals concluded administrative procedure act apa contains independent grant jurisdiction without regard amount controversy afforded district jurisdiction respondent complaint granted certiorari sub nom mathews sanders reverse ii appeals acknowledged construction apa independent grant jurisdiction contrary conclusion reached several courts appeals conflict understandable none codified statutory sections constitute phrased like usual grant jurisdiction proceed federal courts hand statute undoubtedly evinces congress intention understanding judicial review widely available challenge actions federal administrative officials consequently courts commentators sharply divided whether statute read provide distinct basis jurisdiction review agency actions three decisions arguably assumed little discussion apa independent grant jurisdiction see citizens preserve overton park volpe abbott laboratories gardner rusk cort however act congress enacted since grant certiorari case persuades us better view apa interpreted implied grant jurisdiction review agency actions october congress enacted pub stat amends eliminate requirement specified amount controversy prerequisite maintenance action brought agency thereof officer employee thereof official capacity obvious effect modification subject statutes created retained congress confer jurisdiction federal courts review agency action regardless whether apa force may serve jurisdictional predicate conclude amendment largely undercuts rationale interpreting apa independent jurisdictional provision noted previously actual text apa nowhere contains explicit grant jurisdiction challenge agency action federal courts furthermore even advocates jurisdiction apa acknowledge basis concluding congress enacting apa actually conceived act jurisdictional terms see byse fiocca supra thus argument favor apa jurisdiction rests exclusively broad policy consideration given shortcomings federal mandamus jurisdiction construction warranted rational policy affording federal judicial review actions federal officials acting pursuant federal law notwithstanding absence requisite jurisdictional amount see jaffe supra find argument compelling light congress apparent intention amendment restructure afresh scope jurisdiction amending congress obviously expressly acted fill jurisdictional void created requirement new jurisdictional grant qualified however retention preclusive actions arise social security act read together expansion coupled retention apparently expresses congress view desired contours jurisdiction agency action broad reading apa instance serve purpose modify congress new jurisdictional enactment overriding decision limit preservation squarely faced question apa jurisdiction first time congress explicit entry jurisdictional area counsels reading apa implied jurisdictional grant designed solely fill interstitial gap jurisdiction particularly since neither text history apa speaks favor reading congress redefining appears envisioned apa playing stopgap role thus conclude apa afford implied grant jurisdiction permitting federal judicial review agency action respondent contends notwithstanding social security act specifically construed authorize judicial review final decision secretary reopen claim benefits courts appeals considered contention rejected also agree read authorize judicial review alleged abuses agency discretion refusing reopen claims social security benefits pertinent part provides individual final decision secretary made hearing party irrespective amount controversy may obtain review decision civil action commenced within sixty days emphasis supplied respondent argues however weinberger salfi mathews eldridge rejected interpretation agree true cases authorized judicial review secretary decision deny discontinue social security benefits notwithstanding absence prior hearing instances however claimants challenged secretary decisions constitutional grounds constitutional questions obviously unsuited resolution administrative hearing procedures therefore access courts essential decision questions furthermore since jurisdiction precluded weinberger salfi supra decision denying jurisdiction salfi eldridge effectively closed federal forum adjudication colorable constitutional claims thus cases merely adhered principle constitutional questions issue availability judicial review presumed read statutory scheme take extraordinary step foreclosing jurisdiction unless congress intent manifested clear convincing evidence johnson robison one rare instances secretary denial petition reopen challenged constitutional grounds respondent seeks additional opportunity establish satisfies social security act eligibility standards disability benefits therefore afford jurisdiction case reversed footnotes section social security act stat added amended provides pertinent part individual final decision secretary made hearing party irrespective amount controversy may obtain review decision civil action commenced within sixty days mailing notice decision within time secretary may allow section social security act provides findings decisions secretary hearing shall binding upon individuals parties hearing findings fact decision secretary shall reviewed person tribunal governmental agency except herein provided action secretary officer employee thereof shall brought et seq title recover claim arising subchapter section held require exhaustion available administrative procedures foreclose jurisdiction general grant jurisdiction route review see weinberger salfi courts appeals first fourth fifth seventh ninth tenth district columbia circuits held apa independent grant jurisdiction see bradley weinberger deering milliken johnston ortego weinberger sanders weinberger case brandt hickel brennan udall pickus board parole app courts appeals third sixth eighth circuits disagree zimmerman bramblett desobry twin cities chippewa tribal council minnesota chippewa tribe appeals second circuit views question unsettled see south windsor convalescent home mathews compare byse fiocca section mandamus venue act nonstatutory judicial review federal administrative action harv rev davis administrative law treatise supp jaffe judicial control administrative action advocating apa jurisdiction cramton nonstatutory review federal administrative action need statutory reform sovereign immunity subject matter jurisdiction parties defendant rev wright miller cooper federal practice procedure jurisdiction rejecting apa jurisdiction title makes clear person wronged agency action entitled judicial review thereof suggests language intended independent jurisdictional foundation since judicial review proceed specified statute competent jurisdiction clauses seem look outside sources jurisdictional authority thus best text ambiguous providing separate grant jurisdiction respondent argues congress intended modification supplementary apa therefore contemplated apa remain distinct jurisdictional provision contrary seems true legislative history suggests congress believed apa confer jurisdiction administrative action therefore deletion jurisdictional amount warranted understanding made explicit senate judiciary committee anomaly federal jurisdiction prevents otherwise competent district hearing certain cases seeking nonstatutory review federal administrative action absent jurisdictional amount controversy required general federal question provision cases arise federal constitution federal statutes committee believes appropriate matters exercise federal judicial power regardless monetary amount involved emphasis supplied see see cappadora celebrezze davis richardson ortego weinberger maddox richardson stuckey weinberger neighbors secretary health education welfare justice stewart chief justice joins concurring judgment agree sanders seek judicial review secretary refusal reopen final decision denying social security benefits arrive conclusion however somewhat shorter route section social security act full findings decisions secretary hearing shall binding upon individuals parties hearing findings fact decision secretary shall reviewed person tribunal governmental agency except herein provided action secretary officer employee thereof shall brought et seq title recover claim arising subchapter decision weinberger salfi supports reading salfi held first two sentences prevent review decisions secretary save provided act provision made although salfi principally concerned assertion jurisdiction plaintiffs like sanders also relied upon administrative procedure act see brief appellants brief appellees app weinberger salfi yet ruled plaintiffs seek review district dismissed complaint ther sources jurisdiction foreclosed thus see reason case consider whether apa general confers jurisdiction upon district courts review federal administrative action even specifically unequivocally limits sanders others position whatever jurisdiction provided today explains ante clearly jurisdiction latter provision review secretary refusal reopen decision denying benefits sanders accordingly concur judgment salfi treatment first two sentences requiring exhaustion administrative remedies way inconsistent reading second sentence precluding review outside sentence simply requires review take place within confines procedural scheme established section thus bars attempts circumvent procedures whether seeking review without fulfilled exhaustion requirement seeking review jurisdictional grant prescribe administrative steps must first taken