English-Eldell v. Saul, 1:19-cv-160-TFM-B. (2020)
Court: District Court, S.D. Alabama
Number: infdco20200129864
Visitors: 12
Filed: Jan. 28, 2020
Latest Update: Jan. 28, 2020
Summary: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER TERRY F. MOORER , District Judge . On January 7, 2020, the Magistrate Judge entered a Report and Recommendation (Doc. 23), to which no objections have been filed. After due and proper consideration of all portions of this file the Report and Recommendation is ADOPTED as the opinion of this Court. Accordingly, Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney's Fees (Doc. 19) pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Plaintiff is her
Summary: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER TERRY F. MOORER , District Judge . On January 7, 2020, the Magistrate Judge entered a Report and Recommendation (Doc. 23), to which no objections have been filed. After due and proper consideration of all portions of this file the Report and Recommendation is ADOPTED as the opinion of this Court. Accordingly, Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney's Fees (Doc. 19) pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Plaintiff is here..
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MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
TERRY F. MOORER, District Judge.
On January 7, 2020, the Magistrate Judge entered a Report and Recommendation (Doc. 23), to which no objections have been filed. After due and proper consideration of all portions of this file the Report and Recommendation is ADOPTED as the opinion of this Court. Accordingly, Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney's Fees (Doc. 19) pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Plaintiff is hereby AWARDED fees in the amount of $4,205.55 under the Equal Access to Justice Act.1
DONE and ORDERED.
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1. On May 5, 2008, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided Reeves v. Astrue, 526 F.3d 732 (11th Cir. 2008) in which the Court unambiguously held that "attorney's fees are awarded to the prevailing party, not to the prevailing party's attorney." Id. at 738. On June 14, 2010, the United States Supreme Court decided Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586, 130 S.Ct. 2521, 177 L.Ed.2d 91 (2010) in which the Court also unambiguously held that attorney's fees are awarded to the prevailing litigant — not to prevailing litigant's attorney — and are therefore also subject to any offset for debts.
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