Legal Opinion

Higdon v. Sullivan

District Court, N.D. Georgia

Decided January 12, 1993No. Civ. A. 4:91-cv-264-HLMPublished

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

HAROLD L. MURPHY, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on Defendant’s Objections to the Magistrate’s Report and Recommendation which recommended that this Court grant Plaintiff’s petition for attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA). For the reasons stated below, the Court agrees with and adopts the Magistrate’s Report and Recommendation.

On December 2, 1991, Plaintiff filed the present civil action contending that the Secretary wrongfully denied her claim for Social Security disability benefits. On March 22,1992, the Secretary filed his answer and on May 5,…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Melkonyan v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Texas State Teachers Ass'n v. Garland Independent School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Sullivan v. HudsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Sullivan v. FinkelsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. Myers v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990

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