GRIEVES v. ASTRUE

No. 07 C 4404.

600 F.Supp.2d 995 (2009)

Terri A. GRIEVES, Plaintiff, v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

March 5, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcie E. Goldbloom, Daley, Debofsky & Bryant, Kenneth Paul Dobbs, Roger Sanford Hutchison, Dobbs and Hutchison, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.

Ann L. Wallace, AUSA-SSA, United States Attorney's Office, Chicago, IL, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JEFFREY COLE, United States Magistrate Judge.

Following remand of this case to the Commissioner, Ms. Grieves sought $5,889.38 in attorneys' fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"). EAJA authorizes the payment of attorneys' fees to a prevailing party in an action against the United States absent a showing by the government that its position in the underlying litigation "was substantially justified." 28 U...

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