Legal Opinion
Richards v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided February 16, 1995No. 3:92CV7703PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOHN W. POTTER, Senior District Judge.
This action is before the Court on plaintiffs motion for award of attorney’s fees, defendant’s opposition, and plaintiffs reply. Plaintiff contends that he is entitled to attorney’s fees in his social security case pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. For the reasons stated below, plaintiffs motion will be granted.
The EAJA provides:
A court shall award to a prevailing party other than the United States fees and other expenses, in addition to any costs awarded pursuant to subsection (a), incurred by that…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Pierce v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Commissioner, Immigration & Naturalization Service v. JeanSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Kirk v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by10 opinions
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