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VINCENT v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SEC.

Docket No. 10-2437-cv.

651 F.3d 299 (2011)

Loretta VINCENT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 8, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Curley, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Vernon Norwood, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Social Security Administration ( Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney, Northern District of New York, Stephen P. Conte, Regional Chief Counsel, Social Security Administration, on the brief), New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.

Catherine M. Callery,   Louise M. Tarantino, Empire Justice Center, Rochester, NY, for Amicus Curiae Empire Justice Center.

Before JOHN M. WALKER, JR., CALABRESI, and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.

JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant Loretta Vincent appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Victor E. Bianchini, Magistrate Judge) that reduced by two-thirds the attorney's fee award she requested for successfully appealing from the administrative denial of her application for disability benefits. The district court, attributing gaps in the...

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