Vincent v. Commissioner of Social Security

JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant Loretta Vincent appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Victor E. Bianchini, Magistrate Judge) that reduced by two-thirds the attorney’s fee award she requested for successfully appealing from the administrative denial of her application for disability benefits. The district court, attributing gaps in the administrative record to Vincent’s counsel, concluded that this alleged deficiency constituted “special circumstances” justifying a reduction in the attorney’s fees awarded under…