Legal Opinion
Magwood v. Astrue
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 21, 2009No. Civil Action 06-CV-1184PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOYNER, District Judge.
Presently before the Court is Plaintiffs Application for Award of Attorney’s Fees Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2412, Defendant’s opposition thereto, including, in the alternative, Defendant’s request to reduce as unreasonable the number of hours requested by Plaintiffs counsel, and Plaintiffs reply. For the reasons set forth below, the Court grants Plaintiffs Application, but finds that the amount requested is unreasonable and therefore reduces the amount of the award to $12,275.21, inclusive of fees and expenses.
BACKGROUND
In 2004, Mary Magwood…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Pierce v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Janice Newell v. Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2003
- Shirley McCrea v. Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
- Bell v. United Princeton Properties, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Clark v. AstrueDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2011
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