DOUCETTE v. COM'R OF SOCIAL SEC.

Nos. 20-5592/5632.

13 F.4th 484 (2021)

Daniel L. DOUCETTE (20-5592); Sherry Denise Taylor (20-5632), Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 2, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Elizabeth Bewley , Julia M. Prochazka , WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, Daniel S. Volchok , Arpit K. Garg , WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP, Washington, D.C., Evan B. Smith , APPALRED LEGAL AID, Prestonsburg, Kentucky, for Appellants. Laura H. Holland , SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Denver, Colorado, Charles P. Wisdom, Jr. , Cheryl D. Morgan , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Before: GUY, GIBBONS, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

In these consolidated cases, plaintiffs sought attorney's fees from the federal government under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"). Both district courts awarded fees, but not in the amounts requested. Plaintiffs appeal, arguing that one district court erred by holding that the EAJA does not authorize...

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