Legal Opinion
Hardisty v. Astrue
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 25, 2010No. 08-35919PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We consider whether a plaintiff may be awarded attorneys’ fees against the United States under the Equal Access to Justice Act with respect to issues not reached by a district court in reversing a federal agency’s decision.
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Tom Hardisty filed a claim for supplemental security income in 2003, alleging disability from early 2001 based on several serious degenerative disk diseases, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and a mathematics learning disorder. The Social Security Administration (“SSA”) denied his claim initially and on reconsideration. An…
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