WILLIS v. SULLIVAN

Nos. 88-5855, 88-5857, 88-6192 and 89-6297.

931 F.2d 390 (1991)

Dorothy WILLIS, Plaintiff-Appellant (88-5855/5857), Plaintiff-Appellee (89-6297), Cross-Appellee (88-6192), v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee (88-5855/5857), Defendant-Appellant (89-6297), Cross-Appellant (88-6192).

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene C. Gaerig (argued), Memphis, Tenn., for Dorothy Willis.

W. Hickman Ewing, Jr., U.S. Atty., Tony R. Arvin, Asst. U.S. Atty., Memphis, Tenn., Bruce Granger, Mack A. Davis, Mary Ann Sloan, Holly A. Grimes, Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Ga., Mark S. Ledford (argued), Department of Health and Human Services, Social Sec. Div., Baltimore, Md., for Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Before KEITH, KENNEDY and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges.


SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Dorothy Willis ("Willis"), appeals the sufficiency of the attorney's fee award under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, issued upon her successful claim for Supplemental Security Income ("SSI") benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act (the "Act"), 42 U.S.C. § 1381 et seq. Defendant-appellee Secretary of Health and Human Services (the "Secretary") cross-appeals the...

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