KELLETT v. BERRYHILL

• Court: District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
• Decided: May 16, 2024
• Docket: 5:18-cv-04757
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

PAUL KELLETT : CIVIL ACTION : v. : : MARTIN O’MALLEY, : No. 18-cv-4757 Commissioner of Social : Security. :

ORDER

AND NOW on this 16th 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

BY THE COURT:

/s/ Craig M. Straw CRAIG M. STRAW U.S. Magistrate Judge

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).