Legal Opinion
Ciarlante v. Heckler
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 24, 1985No. Civ. A. No. 83-6208PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.
This is a motion by plaintiff Maria Garlante for an award of attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A) (1982) (repealed 1984). The motion follows this court’s entry of an Order, on April 18,1985, pursuant to a Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Hall, reversing a decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the “Secretary”) and directing an award of benefits to plaintiff. In the pending motion plaintiff contends that because she was a “prevailing party” within the meaning of the EAJA and…
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