Legal Opinion
Garland v. Astrue
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided July 5, 2007No. 04 CV 1537(ARR)PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ROSS, District Judge.
Presently before the court is an application by plaintiffs attorney pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) for $10,203.50 in attorneys’ fees, amounting to 25 percent of the past-due Social Security Disability Insurance (“SSDI”) benefits awarded to his client by the Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner”). In this case, the court confronts what appears to be a question of first impression in this circuit, namely the appropriate time limit for filing an attorneys’ fee application when past-due SSDI benefits have been awarded by an administrative…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Shalala v. SchaeferSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Melkonyan v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Dale Wells, William Hlywa v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appeal of John S. HoggCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- McGraw v. BarnhartCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2006
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Sinkler v. BerryhillDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 2018
- Rice v. AstrueDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 2011
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- Yackel v. BarnhartDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 2016
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