Volkers v. Sullivan

OPINION AND ORDER

LOVELL, District Judge.

Before the court is Plaintiff Andrew Volkers’ motion for fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (EAJA fees). Plaintiff’s counsel also moves for an award of attorneys’ fees in the amount of 25 percent of Plaintiff’s past-due disability benefits pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1) (SSA fees). Counsel bases both claims on services rendered to Plaintiff in the course of Plaintiff’s successful appeal of a final decision of Defendant Louis W. Sullivan (the Secretary) which denied Plaintiff’s claim for disability…