WILSON v. COLVIN
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ORDER granting 16 Motion for Attorney Fees. Ordered by US Magistrate Judge Stephen Hyles on 12-17-13 (mpm)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
COLUMBUS DIVISION
BOBBY LEE WILSON,
Plaintiff,
v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN,
Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.
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CASE NO. 4:13-cv-38-MSH
Social Security Appeal
ORDER
Presently pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s Application for Attorney’s Fees
Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act. (ECF No. 16.) Counsel filed his motion for
fees on September 12, 2013, requesting $1,812.50 for 14.50 total attorney work hours at a
rate of $125.00 per hour. (Appl. for Att’y’s Fees 1.) The Commissioner filed a Response
wherein he does not object to the request for or amount of fees. (Comm’r’s Resp. 1, ECF
No. 17.)
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 $1,812.50 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 the 17th day of December, 2013.
/s/ Stephen Hyles
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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