AARON v. COLVIN

Filing 16

ORDER granting 14 Motion for Attorney Fees. Ordered by US MAGISTRATE JUDGE STEPHEN HYLES on 11/20/15. (AGH)

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

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CASE NO. 3:15-cv-26-MSH
Social Security Appeal

ORDER
Presently pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorney’s Fees under
the Equal Access to Justice Act. (ECF No. 14.) Counsel filed his motion for fees on
October 23, 2015, requesting $4,551.93 for 23.8 attorney work hours at a rate calculated
for the date that the time was billed. Cates Aff. 2, ECF No. 14-1. The Commissioner
filed a Response wherein she does not object to the request for or amount of fees. Def.’s
Resp. 1, ECF No. 15.
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 $4,551.93 is granted. These fees should be paid directly to the Plaintiff.
See 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A); Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586, 591-93 (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 20th day of November, 2015.
/s/ Stephen Hyles
UNTED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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