Tenth Circuit· 5/13/1997

Hawkins v. Chater

Citations

113 F.3d 1162
1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 10829
1997 WL 249150

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holding that absent counsel’s request for a consultative examination, an ALJ is not ordinarily under a duty to -4- order one unless the need is clearly established in the record
noting that a claimant's \isolated and unsupported comments” are insufficient to \raise the suspicion” of an impairment
stating that “in a counseled case, the ALJ may ordinarily require counsel to identify the issue or issues requiring further development.”
stating that “an -4- ALJ should ordinarily be entitled to rely on the claimant’s counsel to structure and present claimant’s case”
explaining that an ALJ need not “exhaust every possible line of inquiry in an attempt to pursue every potential line of questioning.”
noting that a claimant’s “isolated and unsupported comments” are insufficient to “raise the suspicion” of an impairment

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Judges: Tacha, Ebel, Briscoe

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