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MARTINEZ v. R.I. HOUSING AND MORTG. FINANCE CORP.

Civ. A. No. 83-0319-S.

628 F.Supp. 996 (1986)

Joseph MARTINEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, v. RHODE ISLAND HOUSING AND MORTGAGE FINANCE CORP., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

February 13, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rhode Island Legal Services, John W. Dineen, Michael V. Milito, Providence, R.I., for plaintiffs.

Edwards & Angell, William P. Robinson, III, Jeffrey S. Schreck, Michael DeBiase, Providence, R.I., for defendant R.I.H.M. F.C.

Susan Riley, Sheila Luber, and Arthur Goldberg, Attys., Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Howard Schmeltzer, Steve Goldstein, Suzanne Curt, Attys., Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, Washington, D.C., Lincoln C. Almond, U.S. Atty., Everett C. Sammartino, Ass't U.S. Atty., Providence, R.I., for defendant, Pierce.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SELYA, District Judge.

This case, in its current posture, presents a question regarding the entitlement of the plaintiffs, a class of "very low-income" present and future applicants for federally funded low-income housing in Rhode Island, to recover counsel fees under 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A), a central provision of the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA). At the times material hereto,1 the statute intoned...

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