Legal Opinion
Harrington v. Berryhill
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 10, 2018No. 17-3179; No. 17-3194PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Kanne, Circuit Judge.
*563The Commissioner of Social Security separately denied benefits to Staci Harrington and Andrew Banks. Both individuals sought judicial review of those decisions. To that end, each separately engaged the services of The de la Torre Law Office LLC, which agreed to represent them in federal court. In exchange, the two plaintiffs assigned to counsel any legal fees to which they might be entitled under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). After successfully prosecuting their cases, the plaintiffs obtained the statutory fee awards.
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