Arnold v. Social Security Administration

Filing 24

ORDER granting 21 Motion for attorney fees. Plaintiff is entitled to an award of attorney's fees under the EAJA of $3,298.27. Signed by Magistrate Judge J. Thomas Ray on 7/18/2018. (jak)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
JONESBORO DIVISION
SAMANTHA ARNOLD
v.

PLAINTIFF
No. 3:17-CV-00189-JTR

NANCY A. BERRYHILL,
Deputy Commissioner for Operations,
performing the duties and functions
not reserved to the Commissioner
of Social Security Administration

DEFENDANT

ORDER
Pending before the Court is Plaintiff Samantha Arnold’s Motion for
Attorney’s Fees and Expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”).
Doc. 21. The Motion is unopposed. Doc. 23.
Plaintiff’s attorney, Stephanie Bartels Wallace, requests a total award of
$3,298.27 (which sum includes 14.20 attorney hours at an hourly rate of $196; 6.60
paralegal hours at an hourly rate of $75; and expenses of $20.07).
The Court concludes that Plaintiff is entitled to an award of attorney’s fees
under the EAJA and that an award of $3,298.27 is reasonable.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorney’s Fees
pursuant to the EAJA, doc. 21, is GRANTED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff is awarded $3,298.27 in fees under
the EAJA.1
Dated this 18th day of July, 2018.

______________________________
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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.