TANT v. HECKLER

Civ. A. No. C81-532A.

577 F.Supp. 448 (1983)

Robert G. TANT, Plaintiff, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

December 2, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude Y. Paquin, Marietta, Ga., for plaintiff.

Myles E. Eastwood, Asst. U.S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for defendant.


ORDER

VINING, District Judge.

This Social Security matter is before the court upon the plaintiff's petition for attorney's fees under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 406, or the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. The important distinction under these two code sections allowing attorney's fees is that under the Social Security Act the attorney's fees would come out of money recovered by the client whereas under the EAJA the...

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