Slatton v. Berryhill, 3:18-CV-00003-JTR. (2018)
Court: District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Number: infdco20180823980
Visitors: 8
Filed: Aug. 22, 2018
Latest Update: Aug. 22, 2018
Summary: ORDER J. THOMAS RAY , Magistrate Judge . Pending before the Court is Plaintiff James Slatton's Motion for Attorney's Fees and Expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"). Doc. 15. The Motion is unopposed. Doc. 17. Plaintiff's attorney, Stephanie Bartels Wallace, requests a total award of $3,170.17 (which sum includes .35 attorney hours incurred in 2017 at an hourly rate of $196; 13.25 attorney hours incurred in 2018 at an hourly rate of $202; 5.40 paralegal hours at an h
Summary: ORDER J. THOMAS RAY , Magistrate Judge . Pending before the Court is Plaintiff James Slatton's Motion for Attorney's Fees and Expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"). Doc. 15. The Motion is unopposed. Doc. 17. Plaintiff's attorney, Stephanie Bartels Wallace, requests a total award of $3,170.17 (which sum includes .35 attorney hours incurred in 2017 at an hourly rate of $196; 13.25 attorney hours incurred in 2018 at an hourly rate of $202; 5.40 paralegal hours at an ho..
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ORDER
J. THOMAS RAY, Magistrate Judge.
Pending before the Court is Plaintiff James Slatton's Motion for Attorney's Fees and Expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"). Doc. 15. The Motion is unopposed. Doc. 17.
Plaintiff's attorney, Stephanie Bartels Wallace, requests a total award of $3,170.17 (which sum includes .35 attorney hours incurred in 2017 at an hourly rate of $196; 13.25 attorney hours incurred in 2018 at an hourly rate of $202; 5.40 paralegal hours at an hourly rate of $75; and expenses of $20.07).
The Court concludes that Plaintiff is entitled to an award of attorney's fees under the EAJA and that an award of $3,170.17 is reasonable.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney's Fees pursuant to the EAJA, doc. 15, is GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff is awarded $3,170.17 in fees under the EAJA.1
FootNotes
1. Consistent with the Commissioner's usual procedure in light of Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586 (2010), the check awarding EAJA fees should be made payable to Plaintiff, but mailed to the Plaintiff in care of Plaintiff's attorney at the attorney's office.
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