Legal Opinion
Sogomon Akopyan v. Jo Anne Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security Administration
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 18, 2002No. 01-56303PublishedCited by 445 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to determine whether an order issued pursuant to the fourth sentence of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) can operate to terminate a previous remand order issued pursuant to the sixth sentence of the statute, thus constituting a final judgment for purposes of determining the timeliness of an attorneys’ fees petition brought pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). We conclude that it can, and exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.
I. Introduction
42 U.S.C. § 405(g) authorizes district…
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