Kellett v. O'Malley

Full title: PAUL KELLETT v. MARTIN O'MALLEY, Commissioner of Social Security.

Court: United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: May 16, 2024

Civil Action 18-cv-4757 (E.D. Pa. May. 16, 2024)

Opinion

Civil Action 18-cv-4757

05-16-2024

PAUL KELLETT v. MARTIN O'MALLEY, Commissioner of Social Security.

CRAIG M. STRAW U.S. Magistrate Judge.

ORDER

CRAIG M. STRAW U.S. Magistrate Judge.

AND NOW on this 16^th day of May 2024, upon consideration of Plaintiff's Attorney's Motion for an Award of Attorney's Fees Under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) (Doc. 21), and Defendant's Response to Plaintiff's Petition for Attorney's Fees Under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) (Doc. 25), it is hereby ORDERED that:

1. The Motion for Attorney's Fees is hereby GRANTED.

2. Mr. Savoy is awarded $16,770 ($22,770 minus $6,000) in attorney's fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b).¹

1 Mr. Savoy requests $22,770 in his motion but upon receiving this amount Mr. Savoy is ordered to directly remit to Plaintiff $6,000, which is the sum of the fees already paid pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412. See Gisbrecht v. Barnhart, 535 U.S. 789, 796 (2002).