Legal Opinion
Johnny E. DAMRON, Plaintiff-Appellant, James Roy Williams, Attorney-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 17, 1997No. 96-3068PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSiler, J., joined by Ryan, J.,
WELLFORD, J. (pp. 857-858), delivered a separate concurring opinion.
SILER, Circuit Judge.
On a Social Security claim, the district court granted judgment in favor of Plaintiff-Appellant, Johnny Damron, on an appeal of an Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ’s) denial of disability benefits. Damron and his attorney, James Roy Williams, subsequently filed an application for attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), and the Social Security Act (SSA), 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). The primary issues in this appeal concern whether the district court abused its discretion in…
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