Latham-Gragg v. Colvin

Filing 32

ORDER granting 31 Motion for Attorney Fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act. Signed by District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr on 6/7/2017. (tmg)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
STATESVILLE DIVISION
DOCKET NO. 5:14-cv-00049-MOC-DLH
ROBYN M. LATHAM-GRAGG,
Plaintiff,
Vs.
NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner
of Social Security,
Defendant.

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ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the court on plaintiff’s Motion for Approval and
Award of Attorney’s Fees. Having considered such motion, and it appearing from
the motion that counsel have conferred and that the Commissioner consents to the
relief sought, the court enters the following Order.
ORDER
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that plaintiff’s Motion for Approval and
Award of Attorney’s Fees (#31) is ALLOWED, and in accordance with 42 U.S.C.
406, the Court authorizes a total fee of $12,500.00 to be paid by defendant to counsel
for plaintiff from the funds withheld from the award of past-due benefits to plaintiff.
Thereafter, counsel for plaintiff shall remit to plaintiff $6,500.00, the amount of the
prior payment of attorney's fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act. Counsel for

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plaintiff is authorized to obtain reimbursement from plaintiff for the $81.00
advanced to her to obtain medical records submitted to the Social Security
Administration and Administrative Law Judge in connection with her claim.

Signed: June 7, 2017

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