Yandell v. Social Security Administration, 3:16-CV-00132-JTR. (2017)
Court: District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Number: infdco20171116924
Visitors: 12
Filed: Nov. 15, 2017
Latest Update: Nov. 15, 2017
Summary: ORDER J. THOMAS RAY , Magistrate Judge . Before the Court is Plaintiff Tina Maria Yandell's Motion for Attorney's Fees and Expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"). Doc. 19. The Commissioner does not object to Plaintiff's request. Doc. 21. Plaintiff's attorney, Stephanie Bartels Wallace, requests a total award of $2,826.32. The request includes reimbursement for attorney and paralegal fees totaling $2,806.25 and expenses of $20.07. The Court concludes that Plaintiff i
Summary: ORDER J. THOMAS RAY , Magistrate Judge . Before the Court is Plaintiff Tina Maria Yandell's Motion for Attorney's Fees and Expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"). Doc. 19. The Commissioner does not object to Plaintiff's request. Doc. 21. Plaintiff's attorney, Stephanie Bartels Wallace, requests a total award of $2,826.32. The request includes reimbursement for attorney and paralegal fees totaling $2,806.25 and expenses of $20.07. The Court concludes that Plaintiff is..
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ORDER
J. THOMAS RAY, Magistrate Judge.
Before the Court is Plaintiff Tina Maria Yandell's Motion for Attorney's Fees and Expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"). Doc. 19. The Commissioner does not object to Plaintiff's request. Doc. 21.
Plaintiff's attorney, Stephanie Bartels Wallace, requests a total award of $2,826.32. The request includes reimbursement for attorney and paralegal fees totaling $2,806.25 and expenses of $20.07. The Court concludes that Plaintiff is entitled to an award of attorney's fees under the EAJA and that the amount requested is reasonable.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney's Fees pursuant to the EAJA, doc. 19, is GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff is awarded $2,826.32 in fees and expenses 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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