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Parties Involved:
Sherry Rutherford
Plaintiff
Social Security Administration
Defendant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

JONESBORO DIVISION

SHERRY RUTHERFORD PLAINTIFF

vs. Civil Case No. 3:05CV00023 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). She seeks compensation for 13.85 hours of work performed

by her attorney before the district court in 2005-2006 at the rate

of $156.00 per hour; 5.00 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 $2485.60 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 $2499.55, pursuant to EAJA. The

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

attorney this amount. Defendant’s motion to substitute Attorney

Keith D. Simonson as counsel in this case is hereby granted (DE #

20).

SO ORDERED this 23rd day of June, 2006.

 

United States Magistrate Judge

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