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SIRACO v. ASTRUE

No. 2:09-CV-384-DBH.

806 F.Supp.2d 272 (2011)

Bertha SIRACO, Plaintiff v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

July 20, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Jackson , Jackson & MacNichol, Portland, ME, for Plaintiff.

Jason W. Valencia , Social Security Administration Office of General Counsel, Boston, MA, for Defendant.

DECISION AND ORDER DECLINING TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDED DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE

D. BROCK HORNBY, District Judge.

This dispute over the amount of fees a law firm can recover from its client in a Social Security Disability appeal purports to be over whether any rate enhancement is permissible for paralegal billings. I conclude that the dispute's focus is misdirected. Here the law firm and the claimant...

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