Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit December 4, 1987, No. 86-5463 (Pickett v. Bowen)

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Otis Bowen, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, appeals the order by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida that “closed period” claimants1 are members of the certified class and therefore are entitled to the benefits of the district court’s earlier order of remand. We affirm.

I.

After this Court’s pronouncement in Simpson v.