HALL v. SHALALA

No. 94-30217.

50 F.3d 367 (1995)

Paula HALL, as next friend for Robert Williams IV, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 25, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Williams, New Orleans Legal Assistance Corp., New Orleans, LA, for appellant.

Joseph B. Liken, DHHS, Office of the Gen. Counsel, Dallas, TX, Robert J. Boitmann, U.S. Atty., New Orleans, LA, for appellee.

Glenn K. Schreiber, Asst. U.S. Atty., New Orleans, LA, for Int. Party.

Before BARKSDALE and PARKER, Circuit Judges, and COBB, District Judge.


ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

Appellant appeals the amount of attorney's fees awarded under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. Finding no abuse of discretion, we affirm.

FACTS

Defendant-Appellee, Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services ("the Secretary") denied Social Security benefits to Plaintiff-Appellant Robert Williams, IV ("Williams"). Paula Hall, ("Hall") as next friend for Williams, brought an...

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