Legal Opinion
R. Edward Bates v. R. James Nicholson
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided July 18, 2006No. 03-1903(E)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHOELEN, Judge:
This case is before the Court on the petitioner’s September 21, 2005, application, filed, through counsel, for reasonable attorney fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) (EAJA), and his January 9, 2006, amended application. For the reasons set forth below, the Court will deny the original and amended applications.
I. Background
Petitioner R. Edward Bates is an attorney at law admitted to practice before this Court. Prior to July 2003, he was accredited to represent claimants before the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pursuant to 38…
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