Jessie SINGLETON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellant

WILLIAM J. CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

The district court granted the plaintiff-appellee Jessie Singleton’s motion for attorney’s fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A). 1 The plaintiffs request for attorney’s fees followed the court’s decision to remand the case to the defendant-appellant Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary). The award of attorney’s fees was premature. Accordingly, we reverse and remand the decision to the district court.

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Jessie Singleton applied for disability insurance benefits and Supplemental Security Income.…