Maddox v. Social Security Administration

Filing 20

ORDER granting 17 Motion. Plaintiff is awarded $2,445.32 in fees under the EAJA. Signed by Magistrate Judge J. Thomas Ray on 9/14/2017. (jak)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
JONESBORO DIVISION

WILLIAM MADDOX
V.

PLAINTIFF
NO. 3:16-CV-00172-JTR

NANCY A. BERRYHILL,
Acting Commissioner,
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

DEFENDANT

ORDER
Before the Court is Plaintiff William Maddox’s Motion for Attorney’s Fees
and Expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”). Doc. 17. The
motion is unopposed. Doc. 19.
Plaintiff’s attorney, Stephanie Bartels Wallace, requests a total award of
$2,445.32 (which sum includes 9.50 attorney hours at an hourly rate of $193; 0.75
attorney hours at an hourly rate of $196; 5.90 paralegal hours at an hourly rate of
$75; and expenses of $22.32).
The Court concludes that Plaintiff is entitled to an award of attorney’s fees
under the EAJA and that an award of $2,445.32 is reasonable.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorney’s Fees
pursuant to the EAJA, doc. 17, is GRANTED.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff is awarded $2,445.32 in fees under
the EAJA.1
Dated this 14th day of September, 2017.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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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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