JOHNSON v. COLVIN

Filing 20

ORDER granting 18 Motion for Attorney Fees. Ordered by US MAGISTRATE JUDGE STEPHEN HYLES on 6-30-15 (mpm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
ATHENS DIVISION
OUIDA BETHUNE JOHNSON,
Plaintiff,
v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN,
Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

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CASE NO. 3:14-cv-94-MSH
Social Security Appeal

ORDER
Presently pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorney’s Fees
Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act. (ECF No. 18.) Counsel filed his motion for
fees on June 4, 2015, requesting $4,609.64 for 24.6 total attorney work hours at a rate
calculated for the date that the time was billed.

Pl.’s Mem. in Supp. of Mot. for

Attorney’s Fees 4, ECF No. 18-2. The Commissioner filed a Response wherein she does
not object to the request for or amount of fees. Comm’r’s Resp. 1, ECF No. 19.
Given that there is no objection to the amount of fees, number of hours requested,
or hourly rate, and that the Court finds the request reasonable, Plaintiff’s request for fees
in the amount of $4,609.64 is hereby GRANTED. These amounts shall be paid directly
to the Plaintiff. See 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A); Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586, 130 S. Ct.
2521, 2525-26 (2010); Reeves v. Astrue, 526 F.3d 732, 735 (11th Cir. 2008) (explaining
that the EAJA “unambiguously directs the award of attorney’s fees to the party who
incurred those fees and not to the party’s attorney”).

SO ORDERED, this 30th day of June, 2015.
/s/ Stephen Hyles
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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