Moran v. Astrue

How courts have described this case

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• holding that when a claimant waives his right to counsel and proceeds pro se, the ALJ has a “heightened” duty to “develop the record in light of the essentially non-adversarial nature of a benefits proceeding”
• noting that an ALJ may have a duty to develop the record “[e]ven when a claimant is represented by counsel”
• observing that the Social Security “Act must be liberally applied, for it is a remedial statute intended to include not exclude”
• finding that an ALJ’s duties are heightened when a claimant waives counsel and proceeds pro se
• explaining that the Court’s review for legal error ensures “that the claimant has had a full hearing under the regulations and in accordance with the beneficent purposes of the Social Security Act.” (citation modified)
• explaining that the Court’s review for legal error ensures “that the claimant has had a full hearing under the regulations and in accordance with the beneficent purposes of the Social Security Act.” (citation modified)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).