Lamay v. Commissioner of Social SEC.

How courts have described this case

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• finding that an ALJ must affirmatively develop the record on behalf of all claimants due to the non-adversarial nature of a benefits proceeding
• finding that a plaintiff waived her statutory right to counsel in a social security hearing
• finding that an ALJ must affirmatively develop the record on behalf of all claimants due to the non-adversarial nature of a benefits proceeding
• holding ALJ has affirmative obligation to develop the administrative record
• “[A]t the hearing itself, the ALJ must ensure that the claimant is aware of [her] right [to counsel].”
• “[U]nlike a judge in a trial, [an ALJ] must . . . affirmatively develop the record [on behalf of the claimant].”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).