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CORDOBA v. MASSANARI

No. 99-2278.

256 F.3d 1044 (2001)

Armando A. CORDOBA; Independent Paralegal Service, Inc., doing business as Disability Advocacy Clinic, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Larry G. MASSANARI, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee. National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 20, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis W. Montoya of Montoya Law Offices, Rio Rancho, New Mexico, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

August E. Flentje, Attorney, Appellate Staff Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., (David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General; William Kanter, and Howard S. Scher, Attorneys, Appellate Staff Civil Division, Washington, D.C.; John J. Kelly, United States Attorney, Albuquerque, New Mexico, with him on the briefs), for Defendant-Appellee.

Martha A. Churchill, Milan, Michigan, filed a brief on behalf of the amicus curiae.

Before TACHA, Chief Judge, REAVLEY, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

REAVLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellants Armando Cordoba and Independent Paralegal Services, Inc. (collectively Cordoba) provide non-attorney representation to clients seeking social security benefits. The Social Security Act allows for such non-attorney representation. See 42 U.S.C. § 406. Cordoba brought this suit after the Social Security Administration (SSA) rejected numerous fee agreements he had submitted for approval, resulting in a loss of fees...

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