Legal Opinion
Samuel v. Barnhart
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided April 29, 2004No. 02-C-0569PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR AWARD OF ATTORNEY’S FEES
ADELMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff Steven Samuel brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) challenging the decision of defendant Jo Anne Barnhart, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, denying his application for disability benefits under the Social Security Act. I reversed the Commissioner’s decision, Samuel v. Barnhart, 295 F.Supp.2d 926 (E.D.Wis.2003), and plaintiff now moves for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412.
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2Cases cited43 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Pierce v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Shalala v. SchaeferSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Donna J. Clifford v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Commissioner, Immigration & Naturalization Service v. JeanSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Lane-Rauth v. BarnhartDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2006
- Lechner v. BarnhartDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 2004
- Lechner v. BarnhartDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 2004
- Cobb v. AstrueDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2011
- Wirth v. BarnhartDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 2004
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