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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:427 Social Security Benefits

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

JONESBORO DIVISION

LARRY FLETCHER PLAINTIFF

vs. Civil Case No. 3:05CV00031 HLJ

JO ANNE B. BARNHART, Commissioner, 

Social Security Administration DEFENDANT

ORDER

Plaintiff has filed a motion for attorney’s fees and expenses

pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. §

2412(d). He seeks compensation for 2.25 hours of work performed by

his attorney before the district court in 2005-2006 at the rate of

$156.00 per hour, 10.05 hours of work by a paralegal at the rate of

$65.00 per hour and expenses in the amount of $13.95. The

Commissioner does not object to the number of hours, the hourly

rates submitted by Plaintiff or the requested expenses.

The maximum statutory rate of compensation for work performed

by an attorney set forth in § 2412(d)(2)(A)(ii) is $125.00. The

increased rates requested by Plaintiff reflect an agreement between

Plaintiff’s counsel and the Office of the General Counsel of the

Social Security Administration (Plaintiff’s Exhibit A) to calculate

attorneys’ fees on an annualized basis, using the Consumer Price

Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). Accordingly, the court

approves an award of fees in the amount of $1004.25 and expenses in

the amount of $13.95. 

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff is awarded attorney’s

fees and expenses in the amount of $1018.20, pursuant to EAJA. The

Commissioner is directed to certify said award and pay Plaintiff’s

attorney this amount.

SO ORDERED this 14th day of June, 2006.

 

United States Magistrate Judge

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