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Nature of Suit Code: 863
Nature of Suit: Social Security - DIWC/DIWW (405(g))
Cause of Action: 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (DIWC)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

JONESBORO DIVISION

KELLY PERRY PLAINTIFF

V. NO. 3:16CV00061-JTR

NANCY BERRYHILL,1 DEFENDANT

Acting Commissioner,

Social Security Administration

ORDER

Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion requesting an award of

attorney’s fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28

U.S.C. § 2412.2 Doc. 21. The Commissioner has not responded. 

Plaintiff’s attorney, Stephanie Bartels Wallace, requests a total payment of

$2,252.62, consisting of: (1) 9.10 hours of attorney work in 2016 at the adjusted

hourly rate of $193.00 ($1,756.30); (2) 6.35 hours of paralegal work at the hourly

rate of $75.00 ($476.25); and (3) $20.07 in expenses.

The Court concludes that Plaintiff is entitled to an award of attorney’s fees

and expenses under the EAJA, and that the amount requested is reasonable. 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorney’s Fees

and Expenses Pursuant to the EAJA, Doc. 21, is GRANTED. 

1Berryhill is now the Acting Commissioner of Social Security and is automatically substituted as

Defendant pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d). 

2On September 22, 2016, the Court entered an Order and Judgment reversing the Commissioner’s

decision and remanding this case for further administrative proceedings. Docs. 19, 20.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff is awarded $2,252.62 in

attorney’s fees and expenses under the EAJA.3

DATED this 14th day of February, 2017. 

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

3Consistent 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 care

of Plaintiff’s attorney at the attorney’s office.

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