Court Opinion

ID: 9487311
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 12:13:41.09076+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:52:12.309425
License: Public Domain

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge,
concurring, joined by KEITH, Circuit Judge.
I join in the decision of the en banc Court overruling Webb v. Richardson, 472 F.2d 529 (6th Cir.1972). I write separately only to emphasize the predicament faced by practitioners handling social security cases. With the demise of our “single tribunal rule,” attorneys who successfully appeal to this Court must seek fees in three separate tribunals— the agency, the district court, and this Court. While the Act clearly establishes this disjointed practice, it is my hope that Congress or the Secretary will eliminate some of the procedural hurdles these dedicated advocates now face.