Dutton v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration

Filing 27

ORDER granting 24 MOTION for Attorney Fees Under the Equal Access to Justice Act, awarding $3,950.00 in fees and $21.95 in expenses. Signed by Honorable Bruce Howe Hendricks on 06/26/2015.(bshr, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
AIKEN DIVISION
WILLIAM JAMES DUTTON,
Plaintiff,
v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

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Civil Action No. 1:14-cv-1779-BHH

ORDER
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff=s Motion for an Award of Attorney=s Fees
pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (AEAJA@). See 28 U.S.C. ' 2412. The parties filed a
Joint Stipulation for Attorney Fees Pursuant to the EAJA advising their agreement to stipulation
to an award of $3,950.00 in attorney fees and $21.95 in expenses. Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that Plaintiff, William James Dutton, is awarded attorney fees under the
EAJA in the amount of Three Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty dollars and Zero cents ($3,950.00),
and Twenty-One dollars and Ninety-Five cents ($21.95) in expenses. These attorney fees will be
paid directly to Plaintiff, William James Dutton, 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).

s/Bruce Howe Hendricks
Bruce Howe Hendricks
United States District Judge
June 26, 2015
Greenville, South Carolina