UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVILLE DIVISION 1:21-cv-178-MOC THOMAS GEVEDON, ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ORDER ) KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ) Acting Commissioner of ) Social Security, ) Defendant. ) )

THIS MATTER is before the Court on counsel for Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney’s Fees under

(b) in the amount of $14,000. (Doc. No. 21). Defendant filed a response to the motion, noting that under Gisbrecht v. Barnhart,

(2002), it is the duty of the Court to determine a reasonable fee. (Doc. No. 22). The Court finds that the requested amount is reasonable. ORDER IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that Plaintiffs counsel is awarded fees under

(b) in the amount of $14,000. Payment shall be sent to Charlotte W. Hall, at her office at P.O. Box 58129, Raleigh, North Carolina 27658. Counsel shall then refund to Plaintiff the smaller award between this amount and the amount of $5,300 counsel previously received under the EAJA.

June 9, 2023

Hernan <<. Max O. Cogburn i ) United States District Judge a ga Be