Guadamuz v. Bowen

859 F.2d 762 23 Soc.Sec.Rep.Ser. 360, Unempl.Ins.Rep. CCH 14220A Gwendolyn GUADAMUZ; Mary Baham; Raymond Holm; Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Otis R. BOWEN, * Secretary of Human Services; Nicholas Brady, ** in his official capacity as Managing Trustee of the Federal Disability and Insurance Trust Fund, Defendants- Appellants. No. 86-2857. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 11, 1988. Decided Oct. 18, 1988. Stanley Ericsson, Office of the Gen. Counsel, Baltimore, Md., and Michael R. Power, Asst. Regional Counsel, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellants. David W. Calvert and Glenn M. Clark, Withy, Miller, Clark, Levin & Calvert, Berkeley, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before FARRIS, WIGGINS and TROTT, Circuit Judges. WIGGINS, Circuit Judge: 1 The Secretary of Health and Human Services appeals from an injunction issued by the district court. The plaintiffs brought a class action challenging the Secretary's procedure for computing attorneys' fees in Social Security cases. The plaintiffs moved for partial summary judgment and an injunction. The district…