Krauss v. Bowen

NICKERSON, District Judge:

This matter concerns the conduct of plaintiffs attorney, Calvin C. Saunders, in representing plaintiff in 80 CY 2638, an appeal from a denial of disability insurance benefits (the “disability” claim), and in 83 CV 0237, an action seeking compensatory and punitive damages against defendant for alleged delay and mishandling of the earlier ease (the “damages” claim).

Saunders was appointed from the pro bono panel on October 26, 1985, to represent plaintiff, Wallace Krauss, in his two earlier commenced actions. The court consolidated these actions on defendant’s motion on…