---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.959"
title: "20"
number: "404.959"
heading: "Effect of dismissal of a request for a hearing before an administrative law judge."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.959"
---

# §404.959. Effect of dismissal of a request for a hearing before an administrative law judge.


The dismissal of a request for a hearing is binding, unless it is vacated by an administrative law judge or the Appeals Council.


## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 52081, Aug. 5, 1980, as amended at 51 FR 303, Jan. 3, 1986]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 201(j), 204(f), 205(a)-(b), (d)-(h), and (j), 221, 223(i), 225, and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401(j), 404(f), 405(a)-(b), (d)-(h), and (j), 421, 423(i), 425, and 902(a)(5)); sec. 5, Pub. L. 97-455, 96 Stat. 2500 (42 U.S.C. 405 note); secs. 5, 6(c)-(e), and 15, Pub. L. 98-460, 98 Stat. 1802 (42 U.S.C. 421 note); sec. 202, Pub. L. 108-203, 118 Stat. 509 (42 U.S.C. 902 note).

### Amendments

[45 FR 52081, Aug. 5, 1980, as amended at 51 FR 303, Jan. 3, 1986]