Acevedo-Neugin v. Social Security Administration, No. 6:2015cv00156 - Document 24 (E.D. Okla. 2016)

Court Description: AMENDED OPINION AND ORDER Awarding Attorney's Fees to the Plaintiff Under the EAJA by Magistrate Judge Steven P. Shreder DENYING as moot 21 Motion for Attorney Fees by Samantha L. Acevedo-Neugin and GRANTING 22 Agreed Stipulation for Award of Attorney Fees by Social Security Administration. (ndd, Deputy Clerk)

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Acevedo-Neugin v. Social Security Administration Doc. 24 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA SAMANTHA L. ACEVEDONEUGIN, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. CIV-15-156-SPS AMENDED OPINION AND ORDER AWARDING ATTORNEY’S FEES TO THE PLAINTIFF UNDER THE EAJA Plaintiff Samantha L. Acevedo-Neugin was the prevailing party in this action under the Social Security Act. Plaintiff originally sought an award of attorney’s fees in the amount of $5,094.80, pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). See Docket No. 21. The Commissioner subsequently filed a Stipulated Motion for Award of Attorney Fees Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act [Docket No. 22], indicating that the parties have stipulated to an attorney’s fee in the amount of $4,800.00. 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 Dockets.Justia.com 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. 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 Motion for Attorney Fees Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act [Docket No. 21] is hereby DENIED as moot, and the Commissioner’s Stipulated Motion for Award of Attorney Fees Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act [Docket No. 22] 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 13th day of January, 2016. -2-

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