Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Bowen
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided August 12, 1988No. Civ. No. 85-3303 (AET)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANNE E. THOMPSON, District Judge.
This matter comes before the court on a motion by the plaintiff Zenobia Murphy for attorney’s fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act [“EAJA”], 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A). Plaintiff maintains that she is the “prevailing party” and that the government’s position was not “substantially justified.”
This case has a complicated and somewhat convoluted history. Plaintiff filed a claim for Disabled Widows Insurance Benefits [“DWIB”] and for Supplemental Security Income [“SSI”] on September 19, 1983. She alleged disability due to degenerative joint…
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