FIELDS v. KIJAKAZI

No. 20-3760-CV August Term, 2021.

24 F.4th 845 (2022)

Jim R. FIELDS, Plaintiff, v. Kilolo KIJAKAZI, M.D., Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee, v. Law Office of Charles E. Binder and Harry J. Binder, LLP, Real-Party-in-Interest-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: January 28, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel S. Jones , Law Office of Charles E. Binder and Harry J. Binder, LLP, New York, NY, for Real-Party-in-Interest-Appellant.

Joseph A. Pantoja , Assistant United States Attorney ( Christopher Connolly , Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), for Audrey Strauss , United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: Calabresi, Pooler, and Parker, Circuit Judges.


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