# Mabel A. Akers v. Anthony J. Principi

> United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · April 30, 2004 · 17 Vet. App. 561

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9502398

## Case

- **Full name:** Mabel A. AKERS, Appellant, v. Anthony J. PRINCIPI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Appellee
- **Court:** United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
- **Decided:** April 30, 2004
- **Citations:** 17 Vet. App. 561; 2004 U.S. Vet. App. LEXIS 233; 2004 WL 928175
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Kramer, Farley, Ivers, Steinberg, Greene, Kasold, Hagel
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- noting the limited situations in which this Court has the authority to vacate a Board decision

## Opinion text

ORDER
PER CURIAM:
On September 26, 2003, in a single-judge order, the Court denied the appellant’s November 14, 2001, application for attorney fees and expenses filed pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (d). On October 16, 2003, the appellant filed a timely motion for a panel decision. On December 2, 2003, the Court denied the motion for a panel decision. On December 19, 2003, the appellant filed a timely motion for a full-Court decision. “Motions for a full-Court decision are not favored. Ordinarily they will not be granted unless such action is necessary to secure or maintain uniformity of the Court’s decisions or to resolve a question of exceptional importance.” U.S. Vet.App. R. 35(c).
Upon consideration of the foregoing and the prior pleadings of the parties, it is
ORDERED that the motion for a full-Court decision is denied.

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