Legal Opinion
Earl BRISSETTE, Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1986No. 85-1903PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.
John W. Reid II is the present attorney for Earl W. Brissette, a claimant for Social Security Disability Benefits. Through Brissette, attorney Reid appeals two orders of the district court: one, in which the district court refused to award attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A) (as amended and extended by Act of Aug. 5, 1985, Pub.L. No. 99-80, 99 Stat. 183 (1985)); and the other, in which the district court denied the fee claim for twenty-five percent of Brissette’s past due benefits based on a contingent fee…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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3Cited by47 opinions
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