Source: https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/connecticut/ctdce/3:2009cv01267/86437/17
Timestamp: 2018-03-21 16:28:46
Document Index: 102763806

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 405', '§ 406', '§ 406', 'art, 535', '§ 406', '§ 406']

ORDER: granting in the amount of $6,919 for v. Martinez :: Justia Dockets & Filings
Justia Dockets & Filings Second Circuit Connecticut Connecticut District Court v. Martinez Filing 17
ORDER: granting in the amount of $6,919.50, provided that plaintiff's counsel surrenders the $2,328.21 she previously received under the EAJA to plaintiff 15 Motion for Attorney Fees. Signed by Judge Joan G. Margolis on 6/23/2011. (Rodko, B.)
ELECTRONIC ENDORSEMENT ON DKT. #15 IN MARTINEZ V. ASTRUE, 09 CV 1267 (JBA) 6/23/11 – On November 9, 2009, defendant filed a Motion for Entry of Judgment Under Sentence Four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) and Voluntary Remand of the Matter to the Commissioner of Social Security (Dkt. #8), which motion was granted three days later. (Dkt. #9; see also Dkts. ##10-11). Shortly thereafter, on December 15, 2009, the parties filed a Stipulation for Allowance of Fees and Costs Under the Equal Access to Justice Act (Dkt. #12), in the amount of $2,328.21 in attorney’s fees and $350 in costs, to be paid directly to plaintiff’s counsel under the EAJA. This Stipulation was “SO ORDERED” that next day. (Dkt. #13). On June 2, 2011, plaintiff filed the pending Motion for Authorization of Attorney’s Fees Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) (Dkt. #15), in which she seeks $6,919.50, which is twenty-five percent of the past due Social Security disability benefits paid on plaintiff’s account. In his Response, filed six days later (Dkt. #16), defendant indicates that he has no objection to an award of $6,919.50 to plaintiff’s counsel pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), as long as she surrenders the $2,328.21 she received under the EAJA to plaintiff. (At 3-4, citing Gisbrecht v. Barnhart, 535 U.S. 789, 796 (2002)(a fee award may be made pursuant to both § 406 and EAJA as long as plaintiff’s counsel surrenders the smaller of the two awards to plaintiff)). Accordingly, plaintiff’s Motion for Authorization of Attorney’s Fees Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) (Dkt. #15), is granted in the amount of $6,919.50, provided that plaintiff’s counsel surrenders the $2,328.21 she previously received under the EAJA to plaintiff. 1