United States Third Circuit

The requirement in the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 5 U.S.C. section 504, that an application for attorneys' fees be filed "within thirty days from the final disposition in an adversary adjudication" means: 30 days from the time at which the final order becomes unappealable.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/11/2003
• Decided 04/16/2003
• Published 04/16/2003

Judges

• Before SLOVITER, NYGAARD, and ALARCON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph Paranac, Jr. (Argued), St. John & Wayne, Newark, NJ, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Allen H. Feldman,Nathaniel I. Spiller, Mark E. Papadopoulos (Argued), United States Department of Labor Office of the Solicitor, Washington, DC, for Respondents.