Legal Opinion
Makinson v. Astrue
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided April 16, 2008No. C.A. 9:06-3341-PMDPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
PATRICK MICHAEL DUFFY, District Judge.
This matter is before the court upon Plaintiffs motion for an award of attorney fees and costs in the amount of $2,587.95 to be paid directly and solely to counsel, under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. Defendant contests the awarding of such fees, claiming that the Government’s position in this case was substantially justified. For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs motion is granted.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiff alleges disability as of January 15, 2002, when she was forty-one years old, due to depression and anxiety. Before the…
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