Scroggins v. Social Security Administration, No. 6:2013cv00110 - Document 23 (E.D. Okla. 2014)
Court Description: OPINION AND ORDER by Magistrate Judge Steven P. Shreder granting 20 Motion for Attorney Fees (dma, Deputy Clerk)
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA GLENDA D. SCROGGINS, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration,1 Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. CIV-13-110-SPS OPINION AND ORDER AWARDING ATTORNEY S FEES TO THE PLAINTIFF UNDER THE EAJA Plaintiff Glenda D. Scroggins was the prevailing party in this action under the Social Security Act. Plaintiff seeks an award of attorney s fees in the amount of $4,654.80 and costs in the amount of $350.00, pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). The Commissioner does not object to the fee award. Upon review of the record herein, the Court finds that said amount is reasonable and that the Commissioner should be ordered to pay it to the Plaintiff as the prevailing party herein. See 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A) ( Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, a court shall award to a prevailing party other than the United States fees and other expenses, in addition to any costs awarded pursuant to subsection (a), incurred by that party in any civil action (other than cases sounding in tort)[.] ); see also Manning v. 1 On February 14, 2013, Carolyn W. Colvin became the Acting Commissioner of Social Security. In accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d), Ms. Colvin is substituted for Michael J. Astrue as the Defendant in this action. Astrue, 510 F.3d 1246, 1251 (10th Cir. 2007) ( The EAJA therefore permits attorney s fees reimbursement to financially eligible prevailing parties, who make a proper application, and not to their attorneys. ). Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Plaintiff s Application for an Award of Attorneys Fees Under the Equal Access to Justice Act and Motion for Award of Court Costs [Docket No. 20] is hereby granted and that the Government is hereby ordered to pay the above-referenced amount to the Plaintiff as the prevailing party herein. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if the Plaintiff s attorney is subsequently awarded any fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1), said attorney shall refund the smaller amount of such fees to the Plaintiff pursuant to Weakley v. Bowen, 803 F.2d 575, 580 (10th Cir. 1986). DATED this 25th day of April, 2014. -2-
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