What role does the Commissioner of Justice play in making a determination in determining a plaintiff's fee?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Gutierrez v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec., No. 2:14-cv-1968-KJN (E.D. Cal. 2018):
The Commissioner typically does not act as an adversary, but instead as an adviser to the court with respect to fee requests under 42 U.S.C. 406(b). Crawford v. Astrue, 586 F.3d 1142, 1144 n. 2 (9th Cir. 2009) (en banc) ("The Commissioner plays a part in the fee determination resembling that of a trustee for the claimants"). Indeed, in this case, the Commissioner filed a
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