Legal Opinion
Joan PETRONE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 14, 1991No. 89-55732PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
Petrone timely appeals from a district court order denying his petition for attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (EAJA). The district court had jurisdiction pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Because we find Pe-trone is not a prevailing party within the meaning of the EAJA, we affirm.
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In 1966 and again in 1976, Petrone applied for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income benefits. She was awarded these benefits and received them until December 1982, when the Secretary of Health and Human…
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