(November 10, 2023, 9:19 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — While acknowledging that a district court’s appointment of an independent medical expert to examine a disability claimant suffering from fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis is “highly unusual,” the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals refused to grant a disability insurer’s petition for a writ of mandamus because the district court indicated that the purpose of the appointment is to reinforce the district court’s belief that remand of the claim is the appropriate form of relief....