United States Fourth Circuit

The district court's denial of social security claimant's motion for attorney's fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act is affirmed, where: 1) the Commissioner of Social Security did not act unreasonably in defending the decision of the Administrative Law Judge that denied benefits to claimant; and 2) the district court did not err in concluding that although claimant prevailed in his lawsuit against the Commissioner of Social Security, attorney's fees were unwarranted because the Commissioner had pursued a substantially justified position.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/10/2014
• Published 06/10/2014

Judges

• MOTZ

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel