Tobias J. COTTER, Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United States, Appellee

LARSON, Senior District Judge.

The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether the district court abused its discretion in refusing to apply a multiplier to “enhance” an attorney’s fee award under section 206(b)(1) of the Social Security Act. See 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1).

Section 406 is a parens patriae limit on the amount of fees an attorney may receive from a disability claimant, usually an individual of limited resources, who suffers the additional handicap of a severe physical or mental disability. The statute provides:

Whenever a court renders a judgment favorable to a claimant under this…