Legal Opinion
Corbin v. Apfel
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 28, 1998No. 97-15489PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
Judy Corbin appeals the district court’s denial of her request in a Social Security disability action for attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. *1052§ 2412(d). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
Corbin argues that, in considering her fee request, the district court erred by focusing on whether the government’s position as to the question of her disability was substantially justified. Instead, she claims that the court should have focused on whether the government’s decision to defend on appeal procedural errors made by the…
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