Legal Opinion
Mara v. Sullivan
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 2, 1989No. 88 Civ. 5008 (RWS)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWEET, District Judge.
After obtaining a judgment on the pleadings directing defendant Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services (the “Secretary”), to pay plaintiff Claire Mara (“Mara”) disability insurance benefits, Mara’s counsel, Stanley F. Melt-zer (“Meltzer”) has moved for an order 1) granting attorney’s fees and costs amounting to twenty-five percent of past-due benefits under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), 2) awarding attorney’s fees and costs against the Secretary under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, based upon the Secretary’s alleged lack…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Oliveri v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- Wells v. BowenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- Cecilio Hidalgo v. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- Schisler v. BowenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Hills v. Secretary of the United States Department of Health & Human ServicesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1989
- Mara v. SullivanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1990
- Jones v. SullivanDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1991