Legal Opinion
Virginia L. HOLT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 18, 1994No. 92-36707PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:
The government appeals a district court order granting attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”) in a Social Security benefits case. The only issue is whether the district court correctly exercised jurisdiction over Virginia Holt’s EAJA petition. The merits of the fee application are not disputed. We hold that the court had jurisdiction to consider the petition, because the Supreme Court’s decision in Shalala v. Schaefer, — U.S.—, 113 S.Ct. 2625, 125 L.Ed.2d 239 (1993) does not apply retroactively. ' We therefore affirm the decision granting Holt…
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