should not be forced to repay her past benefits. In Chevron, the court held where a statute is silent or ambiguous on an issue the court must address whether the administration’s regulation is based on a permissible construction of the statute. Reinkraut, 854 F.Supp. at 841 (citing Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837, 843, 104 S.Ct. 2778, 2781-82, 81 L.Ed.2d 694 (1984)). Generally; the administration’s regulations are upheld unless found to be arbitrary, capricious, or manifestly contrary to the statute. Chevron, 467 U.S. at 844, 104 S.Ct. at 2782-83. However, the Social Security Act is remedial and needs to be construed liberally. Doran v. Schweiker, 681 F.2d 605, 607 (9th Cir.1982); See Benitez v. Califano, 573 F.2d 653, 655 (9th Cir.1978) (<HOLDING>). Thus, when looking at the regulations, we
holding that the social security act is remedial and needs to be construed liberally holding that pro se pleadings are to be liberally construed recognizing that umuim statute is remedial in nature and should be liberally construed holding that pleadings under the rico act are to be liberally construed holding that under edenfield the act should be liberally construed