RYAN, Circuit Judge.
This case involves a challenge to attorney's fees awarded for successful litigation of a social security case. We are called upon to decide whether the district court abused its discretion in limiting counsel's application for fees to an amount well below twenty-five percent of the claimant's award, which is the statutory ceiling for such fees under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1). Because the district court did not exercise its discretion in the instant...
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