Hearn v. Barnhart

ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER HARVEY SACKETT’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. § 406

INFANTE, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. Introduction

Before the court is Plaintiffs counsel’s petition for attorney fees in which counsel requests $25,132.50 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), the law allowing federal courts to award attorney’s fees out of past-due disability benefits owed to claimants under Title II of the Social Security Act. The Social Security Commissioner states that the overall fee request appears reasonable, but notes that the de facto $450 per hour rate may warrant a…