Legal Opinion
Segers v. Astrue
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 8, 2009No. Civil Action 07-2969Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GENE E.K. PRATTER, District Judge.
Plaintiff Gretta J. Segers brings a motion for attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (the “EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, which provides for the award of reasonable attorney’s fees to a prevailing party other than the United States in, inter alia, social security appeals brought under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). For the reasons set forth below, the Court denies Ms. Segers’s motion for fees.
I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Ms. Segers filed an application for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) benefits on September 1, 2004, alleging disability as…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Pierce v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Shalala v. SchaeferSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Joseph BURNS, Appellant v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of the Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
- United States v. Carlo Bianchi & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- James H. JONES, Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
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