Gonzalez v. Hobby, Federal Security Administrator

MARIS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs, Ernesto, Pascasio and Jose Manuel Gonzalez Malave, minors acting through their mother and natural guardian, Virginia Malave, from the denial by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico of their motion for the determination of the fees due their counsel and for an order for the payment thereof. The plaintiffs had been declared the heirs of their father, Ernesto Gonzalez, by the insular district court for Guaya-ma. They had then made claim as his children for survivors’ insurance benefits under section 202(d) (3)…