WILSON v. COLVIN, 15-0559-CV-W-JTM. (2016)
Court: District Court, W.D. Missouri
Number: infdco20160720b12
Visitors: 9
Filed: Jul. 19, 2016
Latest Update: Jul. 19, 2016
Summary: ORDER JOHN T. MAUGHMER , Magistrate Judge . Pending before the Court is the MOTION FOR AWARD OF ATTORNEY'S FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT [Doc. 21]. The Commissioner does not oppose the award of attorney's fees but asks the Court to reduce the total number of hours in this case from 44.5 hours to 36 hours. The Equal Access to Justice Act authorizes an award of fees in amounts that are "reasonable." 28 U.S.C. 2412(d)(2)(A). Taking into consideration the length of the adm
Summary: ORDER JOHN T. MAUGHMER , Magistrate Judge . Pending before the Court is the MOTION FOR AWARD OF ATTORNEY'S FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT [Doc. 21]. The Commissioner does not oppose the award of attorney's fees but asks the Court to reduce the total number of hours in this case from 44.5 hours to 36 hours. The Equal Access to Justice Act authorizes an award of fees in amounts that are "reasonable." 28 U.S.C. 2412(d)(2)(A). Taking into consideration the length of the admi..
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ORDER
JOHN T. MAUGHMER, Magistrate Judge.
Pending before the Court is the MOTION FOR AWARD OF ATTORNEY'S FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT [Doc. 21]. The Commissioner does not oppose the award of attorney's fees but asks the Court to reduce the total number of hours in this case from 44.5 hours to 36 hours. The Equal Access to Justice Act authorizes an award of fees in amounts that are "reasonable." 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(2)(A). Taking into consideration the length of the administrative record, the length of plaintiff's brief, the number of citations provided in that brief and the considerable experience and expertise of plaintiff's counsel at the oral argument, the Court finds the requested 44.5 hours to be a reasonable number of hours spent in this case.
Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that the MOTION FOR AWARD OF ATTORNEY'S FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT [Doc. 21] is GRANTED and plaintiff is awarded EAJA fees in the amount of $8,202.69.
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