TRUNDLE v. BOWEN

No. 86-5409.

830 F.2d 807 (1987)

Georgia TRUNDLE, Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd A. Schweiger, Rapid City, S.D., for appellant.

Ted L. McBride, Rapid City, S.D., for appellee.

Before HEANEY, WOLLMAN, and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Georgia Trundle appeals from the district court's order denying attorney's fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A) (Supp. III 1985). Although this case presents a close question, we hold that the district court erred in failing to award attorney's fees.

I. BACKGROUND.

Trundle is in her mid-forties, with an eighth grade education and past relevant work experience as a waitress, laborer and cook...

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