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EDGENS v. RICHARDSON

No. 71-1887.

455 F.2d 508 (1972)

Charles L. EDGENS, Appellant, v. Elliot L. RICHARDSON, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

February 9, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Stephen, Spartanburg, S. C., and George H. Thomason, on brief, for appellant.

L. Patrick Gray, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., John K. Grisso, U. S. Atty., Kathryn H. Baldwin and Thomas J. Press, Attys., Dept. of Justice, on brief, for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and RUSSELL and FIELD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

James B. Stephen, an attorney at law, appeals from an order of the district court which allowed him an attorney's fee of $2,500.00, but denied the full amount of his request.

Stephen represented Charles L. Edgens, a social security claimant, in the district court and succeeded in obtaining an award for Edgens in the amount of $15,584.20. Thereafter, Stephen petitioned the district court to approve an attorney's fee equal to 25% of the accrued benefits...

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