SANDERS v. COLVIN

Filing 18

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S APPLICATION FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES. The magistrate judges report and recommendation (doc. 17 ) is ADOPTED and incorporated into this order. Lucy Edith Delores Sanders's application for attorney's fees (doc. 16 ) is GRANTED. Signed by SENIOR JUDGE WILLIAM STAFFORD on 9/4/2015. (kjw)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
PANAMA CITY DIVISION

LUCY EDITH DELORES SANDERS,
Plaintiff,
v.

5:14cv161–WS/EMT

CAROLYN W. COLVIN,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S
APPLICATION FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES
Before the court is the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation (doc.
17) docketed August 17, 2015. The magistrate judge recommends that the
plaintiff's application for attorney's fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act
(EAJA) be granted. No objections to the report and recommendation have been
filed.
The parties having agreed to an attorney's fee award in the amount of
$2,170.00, it is ORDERED:
1. The magistrate judge’s report and recommendation (doc. 17) is

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ADOPTED and incorporated into this order.
2. Lucy Edith Delores Sanders’s application for attorney's fees (doc. 16) is
GRANTED.
3. Lucy Edith Delores Sanders is entitled to recover fees in the amount of
$2,170.00 for the time expended by her counsel in representing her before the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida pursuant to 28
U.S.C. § 2412 (EAJA).
4. Pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586, 589 (2010), payment shall be
made payable to Sanders and mailed to Sanders in care of her attorney, Todd C.
Brister, Attorney at Law, 810 Grace Avenue, Panama City, FL 32401. The fee is
subject to an offset to satisfy any qualifying, outstanding debt that Sanders may
owe to the United States.
DONE AND ORDERED this

4th

day of

September

, 2015.

s/ William Stafford
WILLIAM STAFFORD
SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE