Watson v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration

Filing 26

ORDER granting 23 Motion for Attorney Fees, awarding $5,500.00 in attorney fees and $22.39 in expenses under the EAJA. Signed by Honorable R. Bryan Harwell on 05/11/2017.(bshr, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
ROCK HILL DIVISION
BILLY RAY WATSON,
Plaintiff,
v.
NANCY A. BERRYHILL,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

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Civil Action No. 0:15-cv-04935-RBH

ORDER
Upon consideration of the Joint Stipulation for Attorney’s Fees pursuant to the Equal
Access to Justice Act (EAJA) 28 U.S.C. §2412(d), it is hereby,
ORDERED that Plaintiff, Billy Ray Watson, is awarded Five Thousand Five Hundred
Dollars ($5,500.00) in attorney fees and Twenty-Two Dollars and Thirty-Nine Cents ($22.39) in
expenses under the EAJA. These attorney fees will be paid directly to Plaintiff, Billy Ray
Watson, and sent to the business address of Plaintiff’s counsel. Full or partial remittance of the
awarded attorney fees will be contingent upon a determination by the Government that Plaintiff
owes no qualifying, pre-existing debt(s) to the Government.

If such a debt(s) exists, the

Government will reduce the awarded attorney fees in this Order to the extent necessary to satisfy
such debt(s).
May 11, 2017
Florence, South Carolina

s/ R. Bryan Harwell
R. Bryan Harwell
United States District Judge