WOODS v. ASTRUE, 2:11-CV-02071. (2012)
Court: District Court, W.D. Arkansas
Number: infdco20120511709
Visitors: 11
Filed: May 10, 2012
Latest Update: May 10, 2012
Summary: ORDER P.K. HOLMES, III, Chief District Judge. Currently before the Court is the Report and Recommendations (Doc. 19) filed on April 19, 2012 by the Honorable James R. Marschewski, Chief United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas. Judge Marschewski recommends that Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney Fees Under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"), 28 U.S.C. 2412, be granted. The parties have not filed objections to the Report and Recommendations, and the time to obje
Summary: ORDER P.K. HOLMES, III, Chief District Judge. Currently before the Court is the Report and Recommendations (Doc. 19) filed on April 19, 2012 by the Honorable James R. Marschewski, Chief United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas. Judge Marschewski recommends that Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney Fees Under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"), 28 U.S.C. 2412, be granted. The parties have not filed objections to the Report and Recommendations, and the time to objec..
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ORDER
P.K. HOLMES, III, Chief District Judge.
Currently before the Court is the Report and Recommendations (Doc. 19) filed on April 19, 2012 by the Honorable James R. Marschewski, Chief United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas. Judge Marschewski recommends that Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney Fees Under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, be granted. The parties have not filed objections to the Report and Recommendations, and the time to object has passed. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).
The Court finds that the Report and Recommendation is proper and should be and hereby is ADOPTED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Accordingly, the Court ORDERS that Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney Fees (Doc. 16) be GRANTED and finds that Plaintiff is entitled to an award of attorney's fees under the EAJA in the amount of $4,217.85. This award represents 17.2 attorney hours in 2011 at an hourly rate of $173.00, 2 attorney hours in 2012 at a rate of $173.00, and 11.95 paralegal hours at an hourly rate of $75.00. This amount should be paid in addition to, and not out of, any past due benefits which Plaintiff may be awarded in the future.
The parties are reminded that the award herein under the EAJA will be taken into account at such time as a reasonable fee is determined pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406 in order to prevent double recovery by counsel for Plaintiff.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Source: Leagle
