Opinion
Case No. 1:14CV72 CDP
11-23-2015
BENJAMIN RUSSELL GROTHE, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Plaintiff Benjamin Grothe filed this case on May 23, 2014, appealing the denial of her applications for Supplemental Security Income and Disability Insurance Benefits. I reversed and remanded the case for further proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) on September 28, 2015.
Plaintiff now seeks attorney's fees in the amount of $3,605.25, pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412. Defendant has no objection to the payment of the amount requested. Because plaintiff prevailed and is not otherwise precluded from recovering attorney's fees and costs, I find that plaintiff is entitled to an award in the amount requested.
The fees are payable to plaintiff, not plaintiff's attorney. See Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S. Ct. 2521, 2524 (2010). --------
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff's motion for attorney's fees [#25] is GRANTED, and defendant shall pay plaintiff $3,605.25 in attorney's fees.
/s/_________
CATHERINE D. PERRY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated this 23rd day of November, 2015.