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JACKSON v. HECKLER

No. 84 Civ. 8981 (RWS).

629 F.Supp. 398 (1986)

Lorraine JACKSON, Plaintiff, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

February 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Legal Aid Soc., New York City, for plaintiff; Douglass J. Seidman, Bebe J. Anderson, of counsel.

Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty. for the S.D.N.Y., New York City, for defendant; Rosemarie E. Matera, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Annette H. Blum, Reg. Atty.—Region II, Tomasina Digrigoli, Asst. Reg. Atty., Office of Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Health and Human Services, of counsel.

SWEET, District Judge.

Plaintiff Lorraine Jackson ("Jackson") brings this motion for an award of attorney's fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, (hereinafter "EAJA"), 28 U.S.C. § 2412 awarding reasonable fees and costs to her counsel in this action. For the reasons set forth below, Jackson's motion is granted.

Facts

Jackson is a mentally disabled person who has been receiving Social...

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