Mason v. Colvin

Filing 31

Judge Rya W. Zobel: ORDER entered granting 26 Motion for Attorney Fees in the amount of $23,259.00 without objection by defendant. (Urso, Lisa)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

CIVIL ACTION NO. 15-13570-RWZ

MARK ANTHONY MASON
v.
NANCY A. BERRYHILL,*
Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration

ORDER
February 12, 2019
.
ZOBEL, S. D.J.
In light of defendant’s updated response (Docket # 30) and the court’s
determination that plaintiff’s counsel’s requested fees are reasonable, the motion for
attorneys’ fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) in the amount of $23,259.00 (Docket #
26) is hereby allowed without objection by defendant.
Accordingly, plaintiff’s counsel shall return to plaintiff $6,418.22, which
represents the fees already received pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28
U.S.C. § 2412. See Gisbrecht v. Barnhart, 535 U.S. 789, 796 (2002).

______February 12, 2019
DATE

*

__________/s/Rya W. Zobel______
RYA W . ZOBEL
SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d), Nancy A. Berryhill has been substituted for Carolyn W .
Colvin as Acting Com m issioner of the Social Security Adm inistration.