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ORDER Jeannette Stephens appeals from the district court’s judgment upholding the Social Security Administration’s denial of her application for Disability Insurance Benefits. She argues that her application should be reevaluated because an administrative law judge later found her disabled based on a separate application she filed. But Stephens never apprised the district court of the later finding, let alone sought a timely reassessm

Judgment rendered November 15, 2023. Application for rehearing may be filed within the delay allowed by Art. 2166, La. C.C.P. No. 55,360-CA COURT OF APPEAL SECOND CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA ***** SUCCESSION OF

ORDER AND OPINION FINDING TAX DEBT NONDIS-CHARGEABLE Ben Barry, United States Bankruptcy Judge Carolyn Suzanne Stephens [the debtor], filed her chapter 7 bankruptcy petition on July 18, 2013. On August 7, 2013, the debtor filed this adversary proceeding against the Internal Revenue Service *809[IRS] seeking a determination that her tax liability fo

DECISION AND ORDER THERESE WILEY DANCES, United States Magistrate Judge Plaintiff Duane Stephens brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) seeking judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying his application for Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income. (Administrative Transcript at 13,1) This cas

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge. Teresa Manning repeatedly applied without success to teach legal analysis and writing at the University of Iowa College of Law. She contends that, during the process attending her first application, an associate dean advised‘her not to tell the faculty, only one of whom was a registered Republican, that a conservative law school had o

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge. Stephen Sprinkle, a social security disability claimant, sought an award of attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (the “EAJA”). While the EAJA contains a presumptive rate cap of $125 an hour, courts may award enhanced fees where they are justified because of an increase in the cost of living. The district court found that Sprinkle was entit

COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 2-10-197-CV TERESA STEPHENS APPELLANT V. PHYLLIS STEPHENS, ERIC BLANCO, APPELLEES CAROLYN O’DELL, EMMETT GLENN, NEIL MCCABE, WILMA VICEDOMINE, AND DON CLARK

COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 2-10-197-CV TERESA STEPHENS APPELLANT V. <

BEAM, Circuit Judge. Teresa Wagner appeals from the district court’s denial of her motion for new trial, arguing that significant errors in the verdict formulation process entitle her to a new trial. Under the standard we apply today, we conclude that the district court abused its discretion in denying Wagner’s motion. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

*504 STEPHEN A. fflGGINSON, Circuit Judge. Appellant Leslie Sun filed claims for disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) and supplemental security income benefits (“SSI”), alleging disability under the Social Security Act because of a fractured ankle that took place in May 2011. An administrative law judge

(2008) Vincent STEPHENS, Petitioner, v. Carolyn SABOL, Warden, Federal Medical Center, Devens, Respondent. Civil Action No. 07cv40083-NG. United States District Court, D. Massachusetts. March 24, 2008. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART MOTION TO DISMISS AND GRANTING IN PART PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS GERTNER, District Judge: This case concer

SCHREIER, District Judge. Teresa Wagner appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against Carolyn Jones, who was then the Dean of the University of Iowa’s College of Law. Wagner alleges that Dean Jones discriminated against her in violation of her First Amendment rights of political belief and association when Wagner was not hired

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge KING and Judge DUNCAN joined. DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge. Neil Humphrey filed a petition under the International Child Abduction Remedies Act seeking the return of his children to the United Kingdom. He alleged that his wife, Carolyn Humphrey, violated the Hague C

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge: Carolyn Burlison, James Eady, Jerry Floyd, Robert Gunter, and Steven Reinsch (the Appellees) worked for McDonald’s Corporation (McDonald’s) for about fifteen years (in' some cases many more) before McDonald’s terminated their employment *1244 in conjunction with a nationwid

550 S.E.2d 18 (2001) Carolyn Laverne WOMACK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Emma McManus STEPHENS, Defendant-Appellee. No. COA00-661. Court of Appeals of North Carolina. June 5, 2001. *19 Donaldson & Black, P.A., by Rachel Scott Decker, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellant. Frazier & Frazier, L.L.P., by Torin L. Fury, Gree

263 Kan. 658 (1998) 953 P.2d 1373 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellant, v. CAROLYN A. STEPHENS, Appellee. No. 77,575. Supreme Court of Kansas. Opinion filed January 23, 1998. K. Michael Warner, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Steven J. Obermeier, assistant district attorney, Paul J. Morrison, district attorney, a

Opinion PER CURIAM. The defendant, Albert Stephens, appeals from a judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a).1 We affirm the judgment. In brief, the jury reasonably could have found the following facts. At approximately 11:15 p.m. on April 30, 1993, the defendant became involved in a he

NEBEKER, Chief Judge: The matter before the Court is the application of the appellant, J.B. Stephens, for an award of reasonable attorney fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). The Court will deny the appellant’s application for the following reasons. I. FACTS On April 28, 1997, the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) denied Mr. Steph

Cretella, J. In this appeal from the judgment dissolving the marriage of the parties, the defendant asserts an abuse of judicial discretion by the trial court relative to its awards of alimony, property and attorney’s fees. The plaintiff filed this action on September 20,1988, seeking dissolution of the parties’ thirty year marriage on the ground of irretrievable breakdown. On October 4,1988, a full hearing on