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PULLEN v. BOWEN

No. 86-1668.

820 F.2d 105 (1987)

Emma Jane PULLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter B. Foulds, Falls Church, Va., Rappahannock Legal Services, Inc., for plaintiff-appellant.

Deborah Fitzgerald, Asst. Regional Counsel, Philadelphia, Pa., Dept. of Health & Human Services (Beverly Dennis, III, Chief Counsel, Region III, Philadelphia, Pa., Charlotte Hardnett, Supervisory Asst. Regional Counsel, Henry E. Hudson, U.S. Atty., Arlington, Va., Paula M. Potoczak, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges, and SPENCER, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

In November 1983, appellant Pullen applied for various disability benefits. The Secretary denied her claims, but the district court partially reversed, awarding disabled widow insurance benefits and Supplemental Security Income. Pullen subsequently sought an award of attorney's fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act. The district court denied her motion.

We affirm.

I.

Emma Pullen is a 55 year old woman with a...

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