Goatcher v. Chater’s Empirical Analysis
57 F.3d 980 · 1995
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 7 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Shalala v. Schaefer · Melkonyan v. Sullivan · Bender v. Clark
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In a suit challenging the denial of social security disability benefits, it is a judgment reversing and remanding a case to the Secretary for additional proceedings under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) that makes a plaintiff a prevailing party for purposes of the EAJA.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“EAJA fee applications in social security cases [must] be filed in the first instance in the district court,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Under EAJA, the prevailing party must apply for fees “within thirty days of final judgment in the action.” 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (d)(1)(B). A “final judgment in the action” is “a judgment rendered by a court that terminates the civil action for which EAJA fees may be received,” Melkonyan v. Sullivan, 501 U.S. 89, 96 , 111 S.Ct. 2157, 2162 , 115 L.Ed.2d 78 (1991) (interpreting 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (d)(1)(B)), and is made effective when it has been entered on a separate document in compliance with Fed. R.Civ.P. 58, Schaefer, 509 U.S. at 302-303, 113 S.Ct. at 2632. “The 30-day EAJA clock begins to run after the time to appeal that [effective] ‘final judgment’ has expired.” Melkonyan, 501 U.S. at 96 , 111 S.Ct. at 2162 ; see also Schaefer, 509 U.S. at 302, 113 S.Ct. at 2632 (EAJA’s thirty-day time limit runs from end of sixty-day period for appeal in social security case); 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (d)(2)(G) (“ ‘final judgment’ means a judgment that is final and not appealable”); Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(1) (when government is party to suit, judgment remains appealable for sixty days).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Walker v. Callahan
How this case has been treated — in progress
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