Elmer B. COUCH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee

The plaintiff appealed from a judgment of the district court affirming the Secretary’s denial of his application for disability insurance and supplemental security income benefits. On appeal this court vacated the judgment of the district court and remanded the case for an award of benefits in an unpublished per curiam opinion filed on July 26, 1984. 740 F.2d 967.

The plaintiff has now filed in this court an application for attorneys’ fees and litigation costs pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412. The plaintiff filed supporting data with the application. The court…