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CRAWFORD v. ASTRUE

Nos. 06-55822, 06-55954, 06-56284.

586 F.3d 1142 (2009)

Clara CRAWFORD, Plaintiff, v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee, v. Brian C. Shapiro, Real-party-in-interest-Appellant. Ruby Washington, Plaintiff, v. Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee, v. Young Cho, Real-party-in-interest-Appellant. Daphne M. Trejo, Plaintiff, v. Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee, v. Denise Bourgeois Haley, Real-party-in-interest-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 4, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence D. Rohlfing, Santa Fe Springs, CA, for the real parties in interest-appellants.

Michael E. Robinson, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the defendant-appellee.

Opinion by Judge BETTY B. FLETCHER; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge CLIFTON; Dissent by Judge BEA.

BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

We review three consolidated appeals that present one overarching issue: Did the district court follow the mandate of Gisbrecht v. Barnhart, 535 U.S. 789, 122 S.Ct. 1817, 152 L.Ed.2d 996 (2002), in determining the amount of attorneys' fees awarded to lawyers who successfully represented Social Security disability insurance ("SSDI") claimants in federal court under contingent-fee contracts?

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