Yancey v. Social Security Administration

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

CENTRAL DIVISION

CAROLYN M. YANCEY PLAINTIFF V. No. 4:20-CV-478-JTR

ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner

Social Security Administration DEFENDANT ORDER

Before the Court is Plaintiff Carolyn M. Yancey’s Motion for Attorney’s Fees Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”). Doc. 27. The Motion is unopposed. Doc. 30.

Plaintiff’s attorney, Nicholas L. Coleman, requests a total award of $7,445.58 (which sum includes 36 attorney hours incurred in 2020–21 at an hourly rate of $206; and expenses of $29.58).

The Court concludes that Plaintiff is entitled to an award of attorney’s fees under the EAJA and that the requested sum is reasonable.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorney’s Fees pursuant to the EAJA (Doc. 27) is GRANTED.

Plaintiff is awarded $7,445.58 in fees and expenses under the EAJA.1

1 Consistent with the Commissioner’s usual procedure in light of Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586 (2010), the check awarding EAJA fees should be made payable to Plaintiff but mailed to the Plaintiff in care of Plaintiff’s attorney at the attorney’s office. SO ORDERED, this Ist day of July, 2021. hh STATES No JUDGE