ATKINS v. APFEL

Nos. 96-35756, 96-36001.

154 F.3d 986 (1998)

Harold ATKINS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kenneth S. APFEL, Commissioner, Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary K. Doyle, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellant.

Ralph Wilborn, Eugene, OR, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: PREGERSON, TROTT, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.


TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:

The issue before this court in these consolidated appeals is whether the Supreme Court's decision in Commissioner, INS v. Jean, 496 U.S. 154, 110 S.Ct. 2316, 110 L.Ed.2d 134 (1990), limited the application of the "results obtained" analysis of Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 103 S.Ct. 1933, 76 L.Ed.2d 40 (1983), in cases involving the Equal Access to Justice Act...

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