WASHINGTON v. HECKLER

Civ. A. No. 82-3712.

573 F.Supp. 1567 (1983)

John E. WASHINGTON v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

November 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Lafferty, Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Edward T. Ellis, Asst. U.S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


OPINION

LUONGO, Chief Judge.

On May 12, 1983, I adopted the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Richard A. Powers, III and granted plaintiff's motion for summary judgment in his suit to overturn the termination of his Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. There is now before me plaintiff's petition for attorney's fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). For the reasons...

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