Spivey v. Colvin

Filing 22

ORDERED as follows: (1). The Motion for Attorney's Fees (Doc. 21 ) is GRANTED, and Plaintiff David L. Spivey is awarded fees in the amount of $4,731.90. (2). To the extent Plaintiff's counsel requests that fees be awarded directly to counsel, the motion is DENIED. Signed by Honorable Judge Gray M. Borden on 5/29/2018. (kh, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
NORTHERN DIVISION
DAVID L. SPIVEY,
Plaintiff,
v.
NANCY A. BERRYHILL,
Defendant.

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CASE NO.: 2:16-cv-681-GMB

ORDER
Before the court is Plaintiff David L. Spivey’s unopposed Motion for Attorney’s
Fees. Doc. 21.
On May 5, 2008, the Eleventh Circuit decided Reeves v. Astrue, 526 F.3d 732 (11th
Cir. 2008), in which the Court unambiguously held that attorney’s fees are awarded to the
prevailing party as opposed to the prevailing party’s attorney. On June 14, 2010, the United
States Supreme Court decided Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586 (2010), in which the Court
reaffirmed that attorney’s fees are awarded to the prevailing litigant—not the prevailing
party’s attorney.
Accordingly, it is ORDERED as follows:
1.

The Motion for Attorney’s Fees (Doc. 21) is GRANTED, and Plaintiff David

L. Spivey is awarded fees in the amount of $4,731.90.
2.

To the extent Plaintiff’s counsel requests that fees be awarded directly to

counsel, the motion is DENIED.

DONE this 29th day of May, 2018.

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