United States DC Circuit

The remedy of mandamus is inappropriate where an attorney seeks to compel the Social Security Administration (SSA) to approve a fee agreement he submitted to recover fees for representing a claimant before the SSA, where the attorney failed to demonstrate that his right to issuance of the writ is clear and indisputable.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/12/2002
• Decided 06/11/2002
• Published 06/11/2002

Judges

• GARLAND, Circuit Judge:, Before:  TATEL and GARLAND, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David F. Power, appearing pro se, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Fred E. Haynes, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee.   With him on the brief were Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., U.S. Attorney, and R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant U.S. Attorney.