Alfreds v. Soc. Sec. Admin.

NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION To be cited only in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1

Before

RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge

JOEL M. FLAUM, Circuit Judge

JOHN DANIEL TINDER, Circuit Judge

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division.

No. 1:11-cv-1274-JMS-MJD

Jane E. Magnus-Stinson, Judge.

ORDER

Dana Alfreds appeals the dismissal, for failure to state a claim, of her complaint against the Social Security Administration and its employees. See FED. R. CIV. P. 12(b)(6). She asks for a writ of mandamus to compel the agency to investigate members of her family, an acquaintance of her husband, and her former orthodontist for causing her to become disabled. Mandamus relief, however, is unavailable to compel an agency investigation unless the investigation is one of the agency's nondiscretionary duties, Deloria v. Veterans Admin., 927 F.2d 1009, 1013-14 (7th Cir. 1991); Jafree v. Barber, 689 F.2d 640, 643 (7th Cir. 1982), and Alfreds has identified no investigative duty of the SSA. Nor can the litany of additional injuries she alleges be attributed to the SSA or any of its employees. The district court correctly concluded that Alfreds has not stated a claim for relief.

AFFIRMED.