White v. Social Security Administration
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OPINION AND ORDER Awarding Attorney's Fees to the Plaintiff Under the EAJA by Magistrate Judge Steven P. Shreder granting 18 Stipulated Motion for Attorney Fees. (tls, Deputy Clerk)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA
BRENDA M. WHITE,
Plaintiff,
v.
COMMISSIONER of the Social
Security Administration,
Defendant.
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Case No. CIV-17-249-SPS
OPINION AND ORDER AWARDING
ATTORNEY’S FEES TO THE PLAINTIFF UNDER THE EAJA
Plaintiff Brenda M. White was the prevailing party in this action under the Social
Security Act. Plaintiff has now filed a Stipulated Motion for Award of Attorney Fees under
the Equal Access to Justice Act [Docket No. 18], indicating that the parties have stipulated
to an attorney’s fee in the amount of $4,500.00.
Upon review of the record herein, the Court finds that the agreed amount is
reasonable and that the Commissioner should be ordered to pay it to the Plaintiff as the
prevailing party herein. See 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A) (“Except as otherwise specifically
provided by statute, a court shall award to a prevailing party other than the United States
fees and other expenses, in addition to any costs awarded pursuant to subsection (a),
incurred by that party in any civil action (other than cases sounding in tort)[.]”); see also
Manning v. Astrue, 510 F.3d 1246, 1251 (10th Cir. 2007) (“The EAJA therefore permits
attorney’s fees reimbursement to financially eligible prevailing parties, who make a proper
application, and not to their attorneys.”).
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Stipulated Motion for Award of Attorney
Fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act [Docket No. 18] is hereby GRANTED to the
Plaintiff as the prevailing party herein. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if the Plaintiff’s
attorney is subsequently awarded any fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1), said attorney
shall refund the smaller amount of such fees to the Plaintiff pursuant to Weakley v. Bowen,
803 F.2d 575, 580 (10th Cir. 1986).
DATED this 18th day of June, 2019.
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