PALMER v. COLVIN, 4:12 CV 1276 CDP. (2013)
Court: District Court, E.D. Missouri
Number: infdco20130906892
Visitors: 6
Filed: Sep. 05, 2013
Latest Update: Sep. 05, 2013
Summary: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER CATHERINE D. PERRY, District Judge. Plaintiff Andrea Palmer filed this case on July 18, 2012, appealing the denial of her applications for Supplemental Security Income and Disability Insurance Benefits. I reversed and remanded the case for further proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. 405(g) on July 22, 2013. Plaintiff now seeks attorney's fees in the amount of $5,322.68, pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. 2412. Defendant has no objec
Summary: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER CATHERINE D. PERRY, District Judge. Plaintiff Andrea Palmer filed this case on July 18, 2012, appealing the denial of her applications for Supplemental Security Income and Disability Insurance Benefits. I reversed and remanded the case for further proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. 405(g) on July 22, 2013. Plaintiff now seeks attorney's fees in the amount of $5,322.68, pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. 2412. Defendant has no object..
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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
CATHERINE D. PERRY, District Judge.
Plaintiff Andrea Palmer filed this case on July 18, 2012, appealing the denial of her applications for Supplemental Security Income and Disability Insurance Benefits. I reversed and remanded the case for further proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) on July 22, 2013.
Plaintiff now seeks attorney's fees in the amount of $5,322.68, pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412. Defendant has no objection to the payment of the amount requested. Because plaintiff prevailed and is not otherwise precluded from recovering attorney's fees and costs, I find that plaintiff2 is entitled to an award in the amount requested.
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff's motion for attorney's fees [#20] is GRANTED, and defendant shall pay plaintiff $5,322.68 in attorney's fees.
FootNotes
1. Carolyn W. Colvin became the Acting Commissioner of Social Security on February 14, 2013. As such, she is substituted for Michal J. Astrue as the defendant in this lawsuit. Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d).
2. The fees are payable to plaintiff, not plaintiff's attorney. See Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521, 2524 (2010).
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