Dowling v. Commissioner of the Social Security Administration

Filing 42

It is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiff, Lakenisha Dowling, is awarded attorney fees in the amount of Eleven Thousand Dollars and 00/100 Cents ($11,000.00), expenses in the amount of Sixteen Dollars and 00/100 Cents ($16.00), and costs in the amount of Nine Hundred Fourteen Dollars and 90/100 Cents ($914.90), under28 U.S.C. § 2412(a), (d) of the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA). Signed by Honorable Mary Geiger Lewis on 5/11/2021. (gnan, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
ORANGEBURG DIVISION
LAKENISHA DOWLING,
Plaintiff,
vs.
ANDREW M. SAUL, Commissioner of the
Social Security Administration,
Defendant.

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Civil Action No. 5:18-00387-MGL

ORDER
AND NOW, this eleventh day of May, 2021, it is hereby, ORDERED that Plaintiff,
Lakenisha Dowling, is awarded attorney fees in the amount of Eleven Thousand Dollars and
00/100 Cents ($11,000.00), expenses in the amount of Sixteen Dollars and 00/100 Cents ($16.00),
and costs in the amount of Nine Hundred Fourteen Dollars and 90/100 Cents ($914.90), under
28 U.S.C. § 2412(a), (d) of the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA).

These attorney fees,

expenses, and costs will be paid directly to Plaintiff, Lakenisha Dowling, and sent to the business
address of Plaintiff’s counsel. Full or partial remittance of the awarded attorney fees, expenses,
and costs 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, expenses, and costs in this Order to the extent necessary to satisfy
such debt(s).
IT IS SO ORDERED.

Signed this 11th day of May 2021, in Columbia, South Carolina.
s/ Mary Geiger Lewis
MARY GEIGER LEWIS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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