v. Martinez

Filing 17

ORDER: granting in the amount of $6,919.50, provided that plaintiff's counsel surrenders the $2,328.21 she previously received under the EAJA to plaintiff 15 Motion for Attorney Fees. Signed by Judge Joan G. Margolis on 6/23/2011. (Rodko, B.)

ELECTRONIC ENDORSEMENT ON DKT. #15 IN MARTINEZ V. ASTRUE, 09 CV 1267 (JBA)
6/23/11 – On November 9, 2009, defendant filed a Motion for Entry of Judgment Under
Sentence Four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) and Voluntary Remand of the Matter to the
Commissioner of Social Security (Dkt. #8), which motion was granted three days later.
(Dkt. #9; see also Dkts. ##10-11). Shortly thereafter, on December 15, 2009, the
parties filed a Stipulation for Allowance of Fees and Costs Under the Equal Access to
Justice Act (Dkt. #12), in the amount of $2,328.21 in attorney’s fees and $350 in costs,
to be paid directly to plaintiff’s counsel under the EAJA. This Stipulation was “SO
ORDERED” that next day. (Dkt. #13).
On June 2, 2011, plaintiff filed the pending Motion for Authorization of Attorney’s Fees
Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) (Dkt. #15), in which she seeks $6,919.50, which is
twenty-five percent of the past due Social Security disability benefits paid on plaintiff’s
account. In his Response, filed six days later (Dkt. #16), defendant indicates that he has
no objection to an award of $6,919.50 to plaintiff’s counsel pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §
406(b), as long as she surrenders the $2,328.21 she received under the EAJA to plaintiff.
(At 3-4, citing Gisbrecht v. Barnhart, 535 U.S. 789, 796 (2002)(a fee award may be made
pursuant to both § 406 and EAJA as long as plaintiff’s counsel surrenders the smaller of
the two awards to plaintiff)).
Accordingly, plaintiff’s Motion for Authorization of Attorney’s Fees Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §
406(b) (Dkt. #15), is granted in the amount of $6,919.50, provided that plaintiff’s counsel
surrenders the $2,328.21 she previously received under the EAJA to plaintiff.

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