UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

TENTH CIRCUIT

THOMAS A. HOLDSWORTH,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

vs.

LINDA L. STONEBURNER,

Defendant - Appellee.

No. 97-1199

(	D.C. No. 95-Z-2508)

(D.Colo.)

ORDER AND JUDGMENT*

Before BRORBY, EBEL, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.**

Mr. Holdsworth, appearing pro se and in forma pauperis, appeals from the dismissal of his action for compensatory damages against an official of the Social Security Administration (SSA). The district court dismissed the action for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, see I R. doc. 9, and then denied reconsideration, noting that the action had become moot because Mr. Holdsworth had obtained relief from SSA, see I R. doc. 22. On appeal, Mr. Holdsworth contends that the district court should have considered his claim for compensatory damages arising from the SSA's initial denial of his application for certain benefits. Even assuming that this claim was before the district court, such relief is barred. See Schweiker v. Chilicky, 487 U.S. 412, 428-29 (1988); see also 42 U.S.C. §§ 405(g) & (h). Nor are damages available under § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794(a). See Lane v. Pena, 116 S. Ct. 2092, 2097 (1996).

AFFIRMED. Defendant-Appellee's motion to strike the names of parties not named below from the caption of Mr. Holdsworth's opening brief is GRANTED. The mandate shall issue forthwith.

Entered for the Court

Paul J. Kelly, Jr.

Circuit Judge