Bishop v. Social Security Administration

Filing 21

ORDER granting 18 Motion for Attorney Fees. Plaintiff is awarded $5,448.26 in fees and expenses under the EAJA. Signed by Magistrate Judge J. Thomas Ray on 6/7/2021. (jak)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
NORTHERN DIVISION
LESLEY JONATHAN BISHOP
V.

PLAINTIFF

CASE NO. 3:20-CV-164-JTR

ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner
Social Security Administration

DEFENDANT
ORDER

Before the Court is Plaintiff Lesley Jonathan Bishop’s Motion for Attorney’s
Fees Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”). Doc. 18. The Motion is
unopposed. Doc. 20
Plaintiff’s attorney, Howard D. Olinsky, requests a total award of $5,448.26
(which sum includes 23.10 attorney hours incurred in 2020–21 at an hourly rate of
$203.94; 7.2 paralegal hours at an hourly rate of $100; and expenses of $17.25).
The Court concludes that Plaintiff is entitled to an award of attorney’s fees
under the EAJA and that the requested sum is reasonable.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorney’s Fees
pursuant to the EAJA, Doc. 18, is GRANTED.
Plaintiff is awarded $5,448.26 in fees and expenses under the EAJA.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.

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SO ORDERED, this 7th day of June, 2021.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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