Whitener v. Commissioner of the Social Security Administration

Filing 30

ORDER granting 27 Motion for Attorney Fees under the EAJA in the amount of $4,700.00, to be paid directly to Plaintiff. Signed by Honorable Margaret B Seymour on 1/19/2017.(gnan, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Leon M. Whitener,

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Plaintiff,
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ORDER
Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commission of )
the Social Security Administration,
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Defendant.
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Plaintiff Leon M. Whitener brought this action to obtain judicial review of a final decision
of Defendant Commissioner of Social Security denying Plaintiff’s application for disability insurance
benefits. By order filed December 9, 2016, and upon motion of the Commissioner, the case was
reversed pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) and remanded to the Commissioner for
further consideration.
This matter now is before the court on Plaintiff’s motion for attorney’s fees under the Equal
Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, which motion was filed January 6, 2017. Counsel
moves for attorneys’ fees in the amount of $5,207.48. On January 18, 2017, the parties filed a
Stipulation in which they agreed that Plaintiff should be awarded attorney’s fees in the amount of
$4,700.00. The parties agreed that the award is without prejudice to the right of Plaintiff’s counsel
to seek attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 406. The court finds the Stipulation to be reasonable.
Accordingly,
Plaintiff’s motion for attorney’s fees under the EAJA (ECF No. 27) is granted in the amount

of $4,700.00, to be paid directly to Plaintiff, as required by Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S. Ct. 2521 (2010).
IT IS SO ORDERED.

/s/ Margaret B. Seymour
Senior United States District Judge
Columbia, South Carolina
January 19, 2017.

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