TRUJILLO v. HECKLER

Nos. 82-K-1505, 83-K-1689, 83-K-1687, 83-K-1187 and 83-K-1769.

582 F.Supp. 701 (1984)

John TRUJILLO et al., Plaintiffs, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, in her official capacity as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant. Felix ULIBARRI, Plaintiff, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, etc., Defendant. Loren A. VOTH, Plaintiff, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, etc., Defendant. Ronald CARLSON, Plaintiff, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, etc., Defendant. John H. ORMSBY, Plaintiff, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, etc., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

March 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda J. Olson, Michael J. Steiner, Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Denver, Daniel M. Taubman, Colorado Coalition of Legal Service Programs, Denver, Colo., William Redak, Jr., Redak & Brantz, Longmont, Colo., Carol Glowinsky, Legal Aid & Defender Program, John Whitehouse Cobb, Roper, Lief, Mains & Cobb, Boulder, Colo., R. Eric Solem, Pikes Peak Legal Services, Colorado Springs, Colo., Bernard A. Poskus, Colorado Rural Legal Services, Grand Junction, Colo., John G. Detmer, Erickson, Holmes, Nicholls, Kusic & Sussman, Denver, Colo., for plaintiffs in No. 82-K-1505.

Robert N. Miller, U.S. Atty., John R. Barksdale, Asst. U.S. Atty., Denver, Colo., for defendant in No. 82-K-1505.

Lisa Robinow, Colorado Rural Legal Services, Alamosa, Colo., and Brian P. Lawlor, Colorado Rural Legal Services, Denver, Colo., for plaintiff in No. 83-K-1689.

Robert N. Miller, U.S. Atty., Jimmye S. Warren, U.S. Atty., Denver, Colo., for defendant in No. 83-K-1689.

Susan E. Perry, Denver, Colo., for plaintiff in No. 83-K-1687.

Robert N. Miller, U.S. Atty., Janis E. Chapman, Asst. U.S. Atty., Denver, Colo., for defendant in No. 83-K-1687.

R. Eric Solem, Jackson L. Peters, Jr., Pikes Peak Legal Services, Colorado Springs, Colo., for plaintiff in No. 83-K-1187.

Robert N. Miller, U.S. Atty., Henry L. Solano, Asst. U.S. Atty., Denver, Colo., for defendant in No. 83-K-1187.

Bruce C. Bernstein, Denver, Colo., for plaintiff in No. 83-K-1769.

Robert N. Miller, U.S. Atty., Robert Gay Guthrie, Asst. U.S. Atty., Denver, Colo., for defendant in No. 83-K-1769.


KANE, District Judge.

These cases are before me on plaintiffs' motions for attorneys fees pursuant to the Equal Access To Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412. The lead case, Trujillo v. Heckler, is a class action brought to prevent the Secretary from terminating Title II or Title XVI social security benefits without first proving a medical improvement in the claimant's condition or substantial error in the initial proceeding finding the claimant disabled. In...

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