Healey v. Leavitt

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that the “Government bears the burden of showing that its position was ‘substantially justified’”
• explaining that the traditional approach to determining a fee award is the “lodestar” calculation, which is the number of hours expended multiplied by a reasonable hourly rate
• rejecting fee enhancement for Medicare case that did not require knowledge or skills beyond the ordinary
• affirming the district court’s finding that the government’s position was not substantially justified
• \[A] case requires 'specialized expertise' within the meaning of the EAJA only when it requires some knowledge or skill that cannot be obtained by a competent practicing attorney through routine research or legal experience.\ (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Caplash v. Nielsen
  W.D. New York· 2018-03-23· cited 18×
• Arbor Hill Concerned Citizens Neighborhood Ass'n v. County of Albany
  Second Circuit· 2007-04-24· cited 9×
• Prochazka v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2014-05-30· cited 6×
• Sarro v. Astrue
  E.D. New York· 2010-07-21· cited 5×
• Coe v. Town of Blooming Grove
  S.D. New York· 2010-05-18· cited 4×
• Senville v. Madison
  Second Circuit· 2009-06-10· cited 4×
• Barwari v. Mukasey
  Second Circuit· 2008-06-30· cited 4×
• Lumen View Technology, LLC v. Findthebest.com, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2014-10-23· cited 1×
• Ericksson v. Commissioner of Social Security
  Second Circuit· 2009-02-19
• N.G.B. v. New York City Department of Education
  Second Circuit· 2025-07-24

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hensley v. Eckerhart
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-16· cited 17,202×
• Pierce v. Underwood
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-27· cited 6,197×
• Commissioner, Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jean
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-04· cited 1,875×
• LeBlanc-Sternberg v. Fletcher
  Second Circuit· 1998-05-13· cited 249×
• Wells v. Bowen
  Second Circuit· 1988-08-09· cited 235×
• Khaled Kassim v. City of Schenectady and Michael T. Brockbank
  Second Circuit· 2005-07-18· cited 175×
• Hyatt v. Barnhart
  Fourth Circuit· 2002-08-22· cited 143×
• Lunday v. City of Albany
  Second Circuit· 1994-12-08· cited 131×
• Healey v. Leavitt
  Second Circuit· 2007-04-17· cited 48×
• Nathaniel Keon Smith, by His Mother and Next Friend Sanova Smith v. Otis Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services
  Second Circuit· 1989-01-26· cited 41×
• Mar Oil, S.A., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Francis X. Morrissey, Jr., Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1993-01-05· cited 39×
• Green v. Torres
  Second Circuit· 2004-03-11· cited 39×
• Atlantic Fish Spotters Ass'n v. Daley
  First Circuit· 2000-03-06· cited 24×
• Mary B. Chynoweth v. Louis W. Sullivan, in His Capacity as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
  Tenth Circuit· 1990-11-28· cited 24×
• United States v. $19,047.00 in United States Currency, Defendant-In-Rem, Parbottie Rodriguez, Claimant-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 1996-09-12· cited 24×
• In Re Sealed Case 00-5116
  D.C. Circuit· 2001-07-03· cited 20×
• Sotelo-Aquije v. Slattery
  Second Circuit· 1995-07-28· cited 17×
• Healey v. Thompson
  D. Connecticut· 2001-09-21· cited 9×
• Dubose v. Pierce
  Second Circuit· 1988-09-09· cited 9×
• Connecticut State Department of Social Services v. Thompson
  D. Connecticut· 2003-10-23· cited 7×