Opinion

Smith v. Brown

  • 8 Vet. App. 331
  • 1995 U.S. Vet. App. LEXIS 805
  • 1995 WL 668388
Court
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Filed
Oct 25, 1995
Status
Published
On the bench
Farley, Mankin, Steinberg
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 13.1%

acknowledging the award of attorney fees for time spent preparing an EAJA application and “successfully defending a fee application on appeal”

How later courts described this case

  • acknowledging the award of attorney fees for time spent preparing an EAJA application and “successfully defending a fee application on appeal”

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The opinion

ORDER

PER curiam:.

On October 6, 1995, the Court issued an opinion granting attorney fees and expenses to the appellant under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (d). Smith v. Brown, 8 Vet.App. 327 (1995). The Court awarded attorney fees based on the number of hours the appellant spent litigating his appeal before this Court and preparing his EAJA application.

In his July 10, 1995, reply brief the appellant had asked for an additional $669.07 for his time spent preparing that brief. Reply Brief at 10. Although the appellant is entitled to that amount, a statement to that effect was omitted inadvertently from the Court’s October 6,1995, decision. See Curtis v. Brown, 8 Vet.App. 104, 108 (1995) (acknowledging the award of attorney fees for time spent preparing an EAJA application and “successfully defending a fee application on appeal”).

.'In consideration of the foregoing, it is

ORDERED that the appellant is awarded an additional $669.07 in fees under the EAJA.

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