Legal Opinion
Bailey v. Barnhart
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided November 1, 2006No. 05 C 4594PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SCHENKIER, United States Magistrate Judge.
The plaintiff, Ira Bailey, has filed a motion seeking reimbursement of attorney’s fees and costs pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (2000) (doc. # 52). The plaintiff contends that the Commissioner’s denial of her claim for Disability Insurance (Title II) Benefits prior to her fifty-fifth birthday, which was reversed and remanded by a written memorandum opinion and order of this Court dated June 12, 2006 (“Mem. Op.”), was not “substantially justified.”
Plaintiff seeks a total award of fees…
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