STRAW v. BOWEN

Nos. 87-4036, 87-4059, 87-4238 and 87-4243.

866 F.2d 1167 (1989)

Marie F. STRAW, John P. Garcia, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellant. Ralph E. DAVIS, Michael H. Pelton, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 1, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd E. Hartford, Billings, Mont., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Frank Meglen, Asst. U.S. Atty., Billings, Mont., Carl E. Rostad, Asst. U.S. Atty., George F. Darragh, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Great Falls, Mont., and Jeffrey C. Blair, Office of the Gen. Counsel, Denver, Colo., for defendant-appellant.

Before ALARCON and BEEZER, Circuit Judges, and HENDERSON, District Judge.


THELTON E. HENDERSON, District Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

All four cases involve appeals of attorneys fees awarded to Lloyd Hartford, an attorney in Billings, Montana, who regularly represents social security disability claimants before the Social Security Administration and the federal courts. In Straw v. Bowen, CV84-023 JFB (D.Mont., Feb. 3, 1984), and Garcia v. Bowen, CV83-301 BLG (D.Mont., Nov. 22...

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