MARTIN, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to address the interaction of two fee-recovery statutes, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) and 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). The question presented is whether an attorney who requests attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) is required to refund an earlier payment made under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), or whether the attorney may instead offset the EAJA award by deducting it from his 42 U...
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