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Court opinions issued Mar. 30, 2022

Court Opinions (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Trotter v. CMS (D.D.C.) -- holding that plaintiff was not entitled to attorneys’ fees because plaintiff failed to identify a public benefit derived from the litigation and agency acted reasonably even though court ultimately ordered minimal disclosures.

Shapiro v. SSA (D. Vt.) -- reducing requested award of attorney fees by fifty percent because plaintiff failed to submit billing records and achieved only limited success in the litigation.

Free Sacred Trinity Church v. IRS (S.D. Cal.) -- ruling that IRS was required to perform search for records pertaining to Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration inquiry and denying, for lack of good cause, plaintiff’s bid to expedite proceedings.

Summaries of all published opinions issued since April 2015 are available here.