United States Sixth Circuit
Bryant v. Comm'r. of Soc. Sec., 08-6375
In an appeal from a district court's order awarding attorney's fees directly to plaintiffs rather than to their attorneys under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), the order is affirmed where the prevailing party, and not her attorney, is the proper recipient of attorney's fees under the EAJA.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/24/2009
- Published 08/24/2009
Judges
- Before COLE and COOK, Circuit Judges; COHN, District Judge.
Court
- United States Sixth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- ARGUED: Wolodymyr Iwan Cybriwsky, Law Office, Prestonsburg, Kentucky, for Appellants. Jeffrica Jenkins Lee, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Wolodymyr Iwan Cybriwsky, Law Office, Prestonsburg, Kentucky, for Appellants. Jeffrica Jenkins Lee, William Kanter, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.