Lloyd Thompson v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services

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• observing that the ALJ has a more exacting duty to probe for relevant facts where a claimant is not represented by counsel
• where AU’s findings based on patently inadequate record, application of res judicata to that decision is tantamount to denial of due process
• ‘Where the record is patently inadequate to support the findings the ALJ made, application of res judicata is tantamount to a denial of due process”
• “Administrative res judicata may apply even though the claimant has never had a hearing, where the claimant has failed to pursue his administrative appeals and no new facts are presented in the subsequent application.”
• “The ALJ's findings are conclusive if supported by substantial evidence.”
• “burden of going forward with the evidence” shifts

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).