Costa v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration

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• holding that courts 3 should consider factors such as the complexity of legal issues, the procedural history, the size of 4 the record, and when counsel was retained for each case
• noting “[m]any district courts 17 have noted that twenty to forty hours is the range most often requested and granted in social 18 security cases”
• noting courts should be deferential to winning attorney’s judgment of time spent on case
• “District courts 17 may not apply de facto caps limiting the number of hours attorneys can reasonably expend on 18 ‘routine’ social security cases.”
• “District courts 12 may not apply de facto caps limiting the number of hours attorneys can reasonably expend on 13 ‘routine’ social security cases.”
• “District courts may not apply de facto caps limiting the number of hours 15 attorneys can reasonably expend on ‘routine’ social security cases.”

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