Childs v. Barnhart

MEMORANDUM

ROBERT F. KELLY, Senior District Judge.

Before this Court is Plaintiffs Application for Attorney Fees against the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (“Commissioner”) pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A). 1 Also before the Court is the Defendant’s Motion to Deny Plaintiffs Petition. For the reasons that follow, Defendant’s Motion will be granted and Plaintiffs Application will be denied.

1. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff filed applications for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) benefits on February 22, 1999 and protectively on December…