Legal Opinion

Anton L. Hendricks v. Otis R. Bowen, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided May 25, 1988No. 87-1285PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Anton Hendricks appeals from the judgment of the district court denying his petition for attorneys’ fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A). We affirm the judgment of the district court.

I

Facts

We need not review the specifics of Mr. Hendricks’ underlying case; a brief restatement of the procedural posture will suffice. Mr. Hendricks applied for disability benefits and supplemental security income benefits in December 1980 and June 1981. After an initial denial of benefits, an administrative law judge (ALJ) granted Mr. Hendricks’ claim…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Jessie SINGLETON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
  3. Manuel A. Miranda v. Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
  4. Harrington v. DeVitoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
  5. Inez Martin, Henri Mae King v. Margaret HecklerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Curtis J. Perket v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
  2. Frances GUGLIETTI, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, AppellantCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  3. Vaughn v. PrincipiCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2003
  4. Antonia Paris v. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
  5. Bowey v. WestCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2000

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