Opinion
5:20-cv-97-MOC
07-26-2022
DEANNA MALDONADO, Plaintiff, v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
ORDER
Max O. Cogburn Jr., United States District Judge.
THIS MATTER is before the Court on Plaintiff's Motion for Approval of Attorney's Fees. (Doc. No. 23). The motion is GRANTED.
The Commissioner of Social Security shall pay the sum of $8,000.00 for attorney fees, representing less than 25% of Plaintiff's accrued back benefits, to be paid from Plaintiff's back benefits pursuant to § 406(b) of the Social Security Act. It also appearing that upon receipt of the 406(b) fee, Plaintiff's counsel shall pay to Plaintiff the lesser EAJA fee of $4,200.00.
It is therefore ORDERED that the Commissioner of Social Security pay to Plaintiff's counsel, Charlotte W. Hall, the sum of $8,000.00, sent to her office at P.O. Box 58129, Raleigh, North Carolina 27658, and that Plaintiff's counsel pay to Plaintiff the sum of $4,200.00 and upon the payment of such sums, this case is dismissed with prejudice.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Approval of Attorney's Fees, (Doc. No. 23), is GRANTED.