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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (SSID)

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Plaintiff commenced this action under 42 U.S.C. §405(g) seeking judicial review of a

final decision of the Commissioner denying her application for Disability Insurance Benefits.

(Doc. 1). The Commissioner thereafter filed an Answer admitting the material allegations of the

Complaint (doc. 9) and, subsequently, an unopposed motion (doc. 13) to Remand the cause to

the Commissioner under Sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). The parties also filed a consent to

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

MATTIE FOSTER, )

)

Plaintiff, )

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v. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:09-00792-N

)

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner )

of Social Security, )

)

Defendant. )

ORDER

This action is before the Court on plaintiff’s motion (doc. 26) for an award of

attorney’s fees in the amount of $1,559.16 pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act

(EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1), and the response (doc. 26) filed by Defendant Michael J.

Astrue (“Commissioner”) . The Court is advised that the Commissioner will not oppose

plaintiff’s motion and agrees to pay the plaintiff $1,559.16 in attorney fees under the

EAJA The parties filed a consent to the jurisdiction of the undersigned as a Magistrate

Judge. (Doc. 22). Upon consideration of all pertinent materials presented, the

undersigned finds that plaintiff is entitled to receive as a reasonable attorney fee for 9.0

hours of legal services rendered by plaintiff’s attorney in this court the amount of

$1,559.16 pursuant to both the EAJA1

 and the Commissioner’s lack of opposition (doc.

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the jurisdiction of the undersigned as a Magistrate Judge. (Doc. 14). An order and judgment was

then entered by the undersigned on January 15, 2010, wherein the case was reversed and

remanded to the Commissioner pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further proceedings and the

plaintiff was held to be a prevailing party for purposes of the EAJA. (Docs. 16 and 17). 

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28). It is, therefore, ORDERED that the plaintiff’s motion for an award of attorney’s

fees is hereby GRANTED and the plaintiff hereby awarded attorney’s fees in the amount

of $1,559.16 pursuant to the EAJA as compensation for 9.0 hours of legal services

rendered in this court by her counsel.

Done this 23rd day of July, 2010.

/s/ Katherine P. Nelson 

KATHERINE P. NELSON 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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