Legal Opinion

Boyce v. Sullivan

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided December 20, 1990No. 88 C 2548PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HOLDERMAN, District Judge:

Plaintiff Eva Boyce has applied for an award of attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. Section 2412 (“EAJA”). Ms. Boyce contends that she is entitled to fees because the position of defendant Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Louis Sullivan (“the Secretary”) in defending the decision of the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) was not “substantially justified.”

FACTS

Boyce applied for supplemental security income on November 5, 1985. On April 29, 1987, an ALJ found that Boyce was not disabled. Boyce’s request for…

2Cases cited10 opinions

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Allen S. Berman v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services, DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
Willie GARRISON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985

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