Justice of the United States 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco write:

Lowry represents social security claimants, and Dan R. Hyatt is an administrative law judge who often presides over his cases. Lowry says uses "intimidation and anger as a tactic to shorten [his] hearings," refuses to hear evidence and denies him cross-examination. also supposedly told two claimants that Lowry was a "poor attorney who does a poor job." Lowry began filing motions to recuse from his cases, and responded with letters to Lowry's clients defending his impartiality and encouraging them to ask about their "rights to representation." ... Lowry once called Dan R. Hyatt a "baldfaced liar" on the record....

Although we conclude that the bias procedures are not judicially enforceable, we are not unsympathetic to Lowry's predicament. The Administration's unexplained decade-long delinquency in promulgating final procedures and its lackadaisical handling of Lowry's complaint raise serious concerns about its commitment to the values the procedures purport to embrace.

David B. LOWRY, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.Jo Anne BARNHART, in her capacity as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration; Dan R. Hyatt ; Riley Atkins; Bennett Engelman, Defendants-Appellees

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. - 329 F.3d 1019

Submitted November 8, 2002.* Filed May 16, 2003

http://cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeals/F3/329/1019/
 

Willamette Week

 

Tim Wilborn had few complimentary remarks about , who has been sitting on the bench since the late 1990s.

Wilborn claims that he has "made a career" out of overturning 's judgments on appeal. As evidence, Wilborn points to one of his own cases where the government agreed to fine itself $1,575 after an appeals court ruled that Dan R. Hyatt was guilty of "misrepresenting some evidence, improperly rejecting...testimony, and ignoring examining and treating doctor opinions."

 

"It's really important for claimants to be in front of someone who is fair," says Alan Graf, a lawyer who deals with Social Security claims. "Judge Dan R. Hyatt 's personal reactions to claimants and attorneys at times have clouded his objectivity and caused unnecessary suffering."

Graf says that almost all claimants seeking disability aid from the Social Security Administration are in dire straits financially and need money from the government right away. If the judge hearing their case makes a mistake, the sluggish appeals process could delay their Social Security checks by two years or more.

 

Dan R.Hyatt
is a member of the Oregon Bar. 
He must be a member of the bar to be eligible to be an administrative law judge. 
He currently is employed by the Social Security Administration as an administrative law judge out of the Portland Oregon ODAR.

Official Documents--Dan Hyatt takes "government property, has a problem with interracial couples", exposes secret social security numbers to strangers of claimants, calls an attorney "an asshole", calls another attorney "a moron", Dan Hyatt is a "bald faced liar", misrepresents that he is a US District Court judge, uses intimidation, anger and verbal abuse against helpless Social Security disabled claimants, threatens disabled US veteran with assault, say privileged documents.


The following are complaints to the Oregon State Bar
or other privileged documents: