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CRAWFORD v. SULLIVAN

No. 90-1707.

935 F.2d 655 (1991)

David W. CRAWFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 5, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Douglas Wegbreit, argued, Client Centered Legal Services of Southwest Virginia, Inc., Castlewood, Virginia, for plaintiff-appellant.

Margaret J. Krecke, Office of the Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Health and Human Services, argued, Philadelphia, Pa. (Beverly Dennis, III, Chief Counsel, Region III, Charlotte Hardness, Chief, Social Sec. Litigation Div., Jacquelyn Cusumano, Asst. Regional Counsel, Office of the Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Philadelphia, Pa., John P. Alderman, U.S. Atty. and Jean M. Barrett, Asst. U.S. Atty., on brief), Roanoke, Va., for defendant-appellee.

Before RUSSELL, WIDENER and HALL, Circuit Judges.

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Social security claimant David W. Crawford appeals the district court's denial of his motion for attorney's fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A). We are of opinion that the district court did not abuse its discretion in finding that the government's position regarding Crawford's claim for social security benefits was substantially justified and we affirm.

On June 11, 1982, the Secretary of...

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