MURPHY v. BOWEN

Civ. No. 85-3303 (AET).

691 F.Supp. 830 (1988)

Zenobla MURPHY, Plaintiff, v. Hon. Otis R. BOWEN, etc., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

August 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Aid Society of Mercer County, Trenton, N.J., for plaintiff.

Faith Steinberg, Asst. U.S. Atty., Newark, N.J., for defendant.


OPINION

ANNE E. THOMPSON, District Judge.

This matter comes before the court on a motion by the plaintiff Zenobla Murphy for attorney's fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act ["EAJA"], 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A). Plaintiff maintains that she is the "prevailing party" and that the government's position was not "substantially justified."

This case has a complicated and somewhat convoluted history. Plaintiff filed a claim for Disabled...

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