Second Circuit· 3/7/1989

Nash v. Bowen

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869 F.2d 675

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recognizing that, under 5 U.S.C. § 557(b), the agency “retains ‘all the powers which it would have in making the initial decision’”
approving of efficiency goals because “the decisional independence of ALJs was not in any way usurped by . . . monthly production goals”
a Social Security Administration (SSA) “ALJ is a creature of statute and, as such, is 9 subordinate to the [petitioner head] in matters of policy and interpretation of law”
a Social Security Administration (SSA) “ALJ is a creature of statute and, as such, is 9 subordinate to the [petitioner head] in matters of policy and interpretation of law”
agency used reversal rates not “to influence ALJs into deciding more cases in favor of the agency” but “as a benchmark in deciding whether there might be problems in the adjudicatory methods of particularly high (or low) reversal rate ALJs”

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