Clifford FLATFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee

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• holding that the non-adversarial nature of proceedings does not necessitate the cross-examination of every reporting physician
• discussing the application of the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process clause in the context of Social Security hearings before an ALJ
• “[T]he practice of using interrogatories to question medical witnesses appears to work well for discerning an applicant’s medical condition.”
• \[T]he practice of using interrogatories to question medical witnesses appears to work well for discerning an applicant's medical condition.\
• “Because of the nonadversary nature of social security adjudications, the need to cross-examine every reporting physician is less crucial to the fairness and accuracy of the administrative law judge’s decision than it would be in an adversarial context.”

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