Legal Opinion
Shafer v. Astrue
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 10, 2008No. 05-16507PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEA, Circuit Judge:
Patricia D. Shafer (“Shafer”) appeals the district court’s order denying her motion for attorneys’ fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, in a social security disability action. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We hold the district court abused its discretion in denying Shafer’s motion because the government’s defense of the procedural errors in the administrative law judge’s opinion was not substantially justified. Accordingly, we reverse the district court’s order and remand for a determination of the amount of attorneys’…
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