HARRIS v. SULLIVAN

No. 1625, Docket 91-6273.

968 F.2d 263 (1992)

Annie HARRIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sapna V. Raj, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City (Otto G. Obermaier, U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., Ping C. Moy, Asst. U.S. Atty., of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

David Stroh Buckel, New York City (Francis J. Clark, Chief Counsel, Harlem Legal Services, Inc., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, KEARSE, Circuit Judges, and PIERRE N. LEVAL, District Judge.


VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services, appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Cedarbaum, J.) awarding Annie Harris, a successful social security litigant, $4,767.71 in attorney fees. The Secretary does not contest the award of fees, only the amount awarded, which, he maintains, was based upon an improper legal standard.

Subsections 2412(d)(1)(A) and...

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