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PIRUS v. BOWEN

No. 88-5609.

869 F.2d 536 (1989)

Sidell T. PIRUS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of HHS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Beth McNamara, Office of General Counsel, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, Md., for defendant-appellant.

Gill Deford, Nat. Sr. Citizens Law Center, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ALARCON, FERGUSON and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Sidell Pirus brought a class action against the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, challenging the Secretary's decision to deny social security benefits to her and the class she represented. After the district court granted Pirus' motion for summary judgment, Pirus petitioned the court for attorney's fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) (Supp. III 1985). The district...

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