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CRAWFORD v. ASTRUE

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

545 F.3d 854 (2008)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 25, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence D. Rohlfing, Santa Fe Springs, CA, for the petitioner-appellant in all three cases.

No appearance for the respondent-appellee in any of the three cases.

Opinion by Judge FRIEDMAN; Dissent by Judge B. FLETCHER.

FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge:

We decide each of these three appeals, which were argued together, in a single opinion. In these cases, lawyers who successfully represented social security claimants under contingent-fee contracts challenge the sufficiency of the fees the United States District Court for the Central District of California awarded for the services they performed in the judicial phase of the cases. The lawyers contend that in setting their fees the district...

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