Moriarty v. Colvin

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER WITH REGARD TO CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Document Nos. 17 and 20)

NEIMAN, United States Magistrate Judge.

Marshall T. Moriarty (“Plaintiff’) brings this action asserting that, as an attorney who represented a successful benefits claimant, he is entitled to an additional attorney’s fee by way of mandamus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1361. In short, Plaintiff maintains that since June 1, 2012, the defendant Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (“Commissioner”) does not — but is required to — include the Massachusetts state supplement when…