Cripps v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 35

JUDGMENT adopting 34 Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge, granting 29 Motion for Attorney Fees, filed by Benjamin C Cripps. Plaintiff's counsel is awarded the sum of $28,990.25, subject to counsel's obligation to refund to the client any EAJA fee award actually received by counsel in this matter. Signed by Judge Terry A Doughty on 11/18/2022. (crt,Crawford, A)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
MONROE DIVISION
BENJAMIN C. CRIPPS

CIV. ACTION NO. 3:19-01501

VERSUS

JUDGE TERRY A. DOUGHTY

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ACTING
COMMISSIONER, U.S. SOCIAL
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

MAG. JUDGE KAYLA D. MCCLUSKY

JUDGMENT
The Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge [Doc. No. 34] having been
considered, no objections thereto having been filed, and finding that same is supported by the
law and the record in this matter,
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the Petition for Attorney’s Fees
Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) [Doc. No. 29] filed by Alex W. Rankin, attorney for Plaintiff
Benjamin Cripps, is GRANTED, and that Plaintiff’s counsel, Alex W. Rankin, is awarded the
sum of $28,990.25, subject to counsel’s obligation to refund to the client any EAJA fee award
actually received by counsel in this matter.
MONROE, Louisiana, this 18th day of November 2022.

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TERRY A. DOUGHTY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE