United States Eleventh Circuit

An award of attorney's fees granted under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. section 2412(d)(1)(A) belongs to the "prevailing party", which is the party and not the party's attorney.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/05/2008
• Published 05/05/2008

Judges

• BLACK, Circuit Judge:, Before BLACK, CARNES and COX, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John Francis Cameron, Jr., Montgomery, AL, for Reeves., Michael E. Robinson, William Kanter, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. App. Div., Washington, DC, James J. Dubois, Asst. U.S. Atty., Montgomery, AL, for Astrue.