Legal Opinion
Swiney v. Gober
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided August 14, 2000No. 96-302PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEINBERG, Judge:
Before the Court is the appellant’s December 2, 1998, application, pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) (EAJA), for attorney fees and expenses in the amount of $32,534.44, and his March 26, 1999, supplemental EAJA application for attorney fees in the amount of $718.75. For the reasons that follow, the Court will grant the 1998 EAJA application in a reduced amount and grant the 1999 supplemental EAJA application in full.
I. Relevant Background
The appellant appealed from two decisions of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board or BVA), both dated March…
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3Cited by21 opinions
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