CUMMINGS v. SULLIVAN

No. 90-2310.

950 F.2d 492 (1991)

Dorothy A. CUMMINGS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 10, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick J. Daley (argued) and Dorie Budlow, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Margaret C. Gordon, Asst. U.S. Atty., Craig A. Oswald, Office of the U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., and Gary A. Sultz (argued), Dept. of Health and Human Services, Region V, Office of the Gen. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before MANION and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


GRANT, Senior District Judge.

In 1985 Dorothy Cummings sought social security disability benefits under 42 U.S.C. §§ 416(i) and 423(d). After numerous administrative and judicial reviews of her application, Cummings was finally granted all the relief she had initially requested. The claimant then filed for attorney's fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act [EAJA], 28 U.S.C. § 2412. We have been asked to review the district court's denial of those...

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