Filed: Oct. 20, 2016
Latest Update: Oct. 20, 2016
Summary: ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES UNDER EAJA STEPHAN M. VIDMAR , Magistrate Judge . THIS MATTER is before the Court on Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney Fees Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, with Memorandum in Support [Doc. 29], filed on October 4, 2016. Plaintiff requests attorney fees in the amount of $6,365. In her response [Doc. 30], the Commissioner does not object to Plaintiff's request for attorney fees. The Court, having considered the submissions of cou
Summary: ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES UNDER EAJA STEPHAN M. VIDMAR , Magistrate Judge . THIS MATTER is before the Court on Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney Fees Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, with Memorandum in Support [Doc. 29], filed on October 4, 2016. Plaintiff requests attorney fees in the amount of $6,365. In her response [Doc. 30], the Commissioner does not object to Plaintiff's request for attorney fees. The Court, having considered the submissions of coun..
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ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES UNDER EAJA
STEPHAN M. VIDMAR, Magistrate Judge.
THIS MATTER is before the Court on Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney Fees Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, with Memorandum in Support [Doc. 29], filed on October 4, 2016. Plaintiff requests attorney fees in the amount of $6,365. In her response [Doc. 30], the Commissioner does not object to Plaintiff's request for attorney fees. The Court, having considered the submissions of counsel, the record in this case, and the relevant law, and being otherwise fully advised in the premises, FINDS that the motion is well-taken and will be GRANTED.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney Fees Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act [Doc. 29] is GRANTED, and Plaintiff Michael Anthony Brown is authorized to receive $6,365 for payment to his attorney for services before this Court, as permitted by the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412, and in accordance with Manning v. Astrue, 510 F.3d 1246, 1255 (10th Cir. 2007).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if Plaintiff's counsel is ultimately granted attorney fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) of the Social Security Act, counsel shall refund the smaller award to Plaintiff pursuant to Gisbrecht v. Barnhart, 535 U.S. 789, 796 (2002) ("Congress harmonized fees payable by the Government under EAJA with fees payable under § 406(b) out of the claimant's past-due Social Security benefits in this manner: Fee awards may be made under both prescriptions, but the claimant's attorney must refun[d] to the claimant the amount of the smaller fee.") (internal quotation marks omitted).
IT IS SO ORDERED.