Legal Opinion
Shirley JACKSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 25, 1996No. 95-3462PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires that we determine whether the district court abused its discretion in denying a motion for attorney fees under the fee-shifting provision of the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A). The district court determined that the government’s position in this litigation was substantially justified, and be cause we find this decision to have been a proper exercise of discretion, we affirm.
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In October 1990, Shirley Jackson applied for supplemental security income under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1381a, 1382,…
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