Legal Opinion
Stephens v. Astrue
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided March 13, 2008No. Civil SKG-05-2574, SKG-06-2026, SKG-06-1598, SKG-06-2601, SKG-06-2506, SKG-06-2507, SKG-06-2812, SKG-06-1311, SKG-06-2903, SKG-06-1360, SKG-06-2476, SKG-06-2608, SKG-06-2477, SKG-06-378, SKG-06-2603, SKG-06-2475, SKG-06-2509, SKG-06-2815, SKG-07-518, SKG-06-2948, SKG-06-3120, SKG-06-3445, SKG-07-396, SKG-07-298, SKG-07-394, SKG-06-2960, SKG-06-3051, SKG-07-1236, SKG-07-561, SKG-07-900, SKG-07-299, SKG-06-1163, SKG-06-2949, SKG-07-590PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SUSAN K. GAUVEY, United States Magistrate Judge.
Before the Court are thirty four Petitions for Attorney’s Fees Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act in Social Security Appeals (hereinafter the “EAJA”). 1 The first of these petitions was filed in the summer of 2007, and others were filed throughout the year. All request an award of attorney’s fees payable to the plaintiffs counsel. (See, e.g., Paper No. 31.) The government filed individual responses stating that it does not contest the amount of fees requested, but that the fees should be payable to the plaintiff, not…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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- Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human ResourcesSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Robinson v. Shell Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1997
- United Sav. Assn. of Tex. v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Sullivan v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.District Court, D. New Jersey · 2008
- Hogan v. AstrueDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 2008
- Williams v. Commissioner of Social SecurityDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2008
- McMahon v. AstrueDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 2008