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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

NORTHERN DIVISION 

MICHAEL WALKER, JR. PLAINTIFF 

v. NO. 3:19-cv-00223 PSH 

ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of DEFENDANT 

the Social Security Administration 

ORDER

 Plaintiff Michael Walker, Jr., (“Walker”) has filed the pending motion 

for an award of attorney’s fees and other expenses under the provisions of 

the Equal Access to Justice Act. See Docket Entry 16. In the motion, he 

seeks attorney’s fees in the amount of $1,938.75 and expenses in the 

amount of $20.07, or a total amount of $1,958.82. The Commissioner of 

the Social Security Administration (“Commissioner”) has no objection to 

Walker’s request. 

The Court has reviewed the motion for an award of attorney’s fees 

and expenses and finds nothing unreasonable about the hours of work 

performed, the hourly rate, or the expenses incurred. The motion is 

granted, and attorney’s fees and expenses in the total amount of $1,958.82 

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are awarded Walker. Because the award belongs to Walker and not his 

attorney, see Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586 (2010), the Department of 

Treasury shall issue payment of this award by check made payable to 

Walker, in care of his attorney, Stephanie Bartels Wallace (“Wallace”), and 

shall mail the check to Wallace at her Jonesboro, Arkansas, address. 

IT IS SO ORDERED this 20th day of March, 2020. 

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 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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