United States Fifth Circuit

In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's order requiring her attorney to remit a portion of her Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) award if she won attorney's fees at the administrative level, the order is reversed where a federal court may not condition the amount of its EAJA award of attorney's fees on a future grant of attorney's fees by the Commissioner of Social Security.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/25/2010
• Published 06/25/2010

Judges

• PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:, Before JONES, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel