Does a federal court have jurisdiction to hear claims under the Social Security Act?

Inasmuch as appellants' claims require construction of the relevant provisions of Title II of the Social Security Act, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, and in view of the admitted fact that appellants did not, prior to the institution of this litigation, seek an exhaustion of their administrative remedies under 42 U.S.C. 405(g), (h), we agree with the district court that it had no jurisdiction to consider the claims. The necessity of exhausting administrative remedies under the Act has recently been restated and emphasized in Weinberger v. Salfi, 422 U.S. 749, 95 S.Ct. 2457, 45 L.Ed.2d 522 (1975).