Opinion
2:21-cv-768-NPM
03-11-2024
Sandra Lauren Weist, Plaintiff, v. Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
ORDER
NICHOLAS P. MIZELL UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Having obtained an award of benefits, Sandra Lauren Weist requests a fee award pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). (Doc. 33). Section 406(b) allows an award of a reasonable fee-not to exceed twenty-five percent of the claimant's past-due benefits-for work performed before the court. And for the reasons stated in Weist's motion, the requested fee award is reasonable.
Accordingly, the unopposed fee motion (Doc. 33) is GRANTED, and the clerk is directed to amend the judgment in favor of Weist to include a fee award of $57,824.43.
Because Weist's counsel previously retained the $16,287.99 in fees awarded to Weist under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), they must refund the EAJA fees to Weist.
ORDERED