Legal Opinion
Held v. Colvin
District Court, N.D. California
Decided March 2, 2015No. Case No. 13-cv-05803-NCPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER RE: MOTION TO REMAND AND CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
NATHANAEL M. COUSINS, United States Magistrate Judge
Social Security disability hearings are not adversarial proceedings. DeLorme v. Sullivan, 924 F.2d 841, 849 (9th Cir.1991). Rather than serving as umpires who mechanically call balls and strikes, administrative law judges in such hearings should share the same goal that claimants and their advocates also seek: “that deserving claimants who apply for benefits receive justice.” Wilcutts v. Apfel, 143 F.3d 1134, 1138 (8th Cir.1998) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Maureen Thomas v. Jo Anne Barnhart, Commissioner of the Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Deborah L. Burch v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
- Smolen v. ChaterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Raymond E. ANDREWS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Jana M. Bayliss v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner, Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
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