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VASCERA v. HECKLER

C.A. No. 82-0465-S.

624 F.Supp. 1198 (1986)

Richard VASCERA, Plaintiff, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

January 16, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McKenna, Greenwood & Feinstein, Charles Greenwood, R.B. Feinstein, Carole L. Gray, Providence, R.I., for plaintiff.

Everett C. Sammartino, Ass't U.S. Atty., Providence, R.I., Samuel C. Fish, Regional Atty., Health and Human Services, Boston, Mass., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SELYA, District Judge.

This case presents a question regarding the current entitlement of the plaintiff, Richard Vascera, to recover counsel fees under 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A), a central provision of the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA). At the times material hereto,1 the statute intoned in pertinent part that:

Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, a court shall award to...

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