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Parties Involved:
Michael J. Astrue
Defendant
Jo Anne E. Haseltine
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JO ANNE E. HASELTINE,

Plaintiff(s),

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MICHAEL J. ASTRUE,

Commissioner of Social

Security,

Defendant(s).

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No. C07-1605 BZ

BRIEFING ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that by Friday, November 16, 2007,

each side shall submit a brief of up to 5 pages discussing the

following issues:

1. Does an Administrative Law Judge presiding over a

Social Security hearing have the authority to offer a

compromise to a claimant? If so, what is the source of that

authority?

2. If the administrative law judge is so authorized, are

the claimants’ due process rights to a hearing pursuant to 20

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C.F.R. §404.929 et seq. violated by such a compromise

discussion?

Dated: November 7, 2007

 Bernard Zimmerman 

 United States Magistrate Judge

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