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Parties Involved:
Michael J. Astrue
Defendant
Diana K. Chin
Plaintiff

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DIANA K CHIN,

Plaintiff,

 v.

MICHAEL J ASTRUE,

Defendant. /

No. C 07-01015 CRB

ORDER

Now pending before the Court is plaintiff’s motion for attorney’s fees pursuant to the

Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). After carefully considering the

parties’ submissions and the Court’s October 31, 2007 ruling, the Court GRANTS plaintiff’s

motion. The Court finds that the government’s defense of the issue on which the Court

granted remand was not substantially justified. 

The Court also finds that the amount of time incurred by plaintiff’s counsel is

reasonable, including the time spent on the EAJA petition.

The Court notes, however, that plaintiff was not the prevailing party on three of the

four issues of error she raised in her appeal; therefore, the fees should be reduced to reflect

the time spent on matters on which she did not succeed. Some of the work, however, for

example, reviewing the hearing transcript and administrative record, would have had to be

done whether plaintiff made one claim or four. Based on the record, the Court finds that an 

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appropriate fee is $5000.00.

CONCLUSION

Plaintiff’s motion for attorney’s fees and costs is GRANTED. The government shall

pay plaintiff’s counsel $5000.00 in fees and $84.78 in costs.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 6, 2008 

CHARLES R. BREYER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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