NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION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
Submitted June 26, 2013*
Decided August 1, 2013
Before
RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge
JOEL M. FLAUM, Circuit Judge
JOHN DANIEL TINDER, Circuit Judge
No. 12‐3199
Appeal from the United States District
DANA B. ALFREDS, Court for the Southern District of
Plaintiff‐Appellant, Indiana, Indianapolis Division.
v. No. 1:11‐cv‐1274‐JMS‐MJD
SOCIAL SECURITY Jane E. Magnus‐Stinson,
ADMINISTRATION, et al., Judge.
Defendants‐Appellees.
O R D E R
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
*
No defendant was served with process in the district court, and none has participated in this
appeal. After examining Alfreds’ brief and the record, we have concluded that oral argument is
unnecessary. Thus, the appeal is submitted on her brief and the record. See FED. R. APP. P. 34(a)(2)(C).
No. 12‐3199 Page 2
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.