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Cogswell v. Social Security Administration Commissioner

United States District Court, D. Maine
Jul 20, 2005
Civil No. 04-171-P-S (D. Me. Jul. 20, 2005)
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reducing a request for 44 hours spent on drafting the statement of errors to 30 hours, holding the request to be excessive "given the lack of difficulty or novelty of the issues presented"

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Opinion

Civil No. 04-171-P-S.

July 20, 2005

ORDER ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDED DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE

GEORGE Z. SINGAL, District Judge

No objections having been filed to the Magistrate Judge's Recommended Decision filed June 24, 2005, (Docket No. 21) the Recommended Decision is accepted.

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that on Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney Fees (Docket No. 18), Plaintiff is awarded a total of $5,733.75, representing payment of $5,280 for 33 hours expended by Jackson and Gates in 2004 (at a rate of $160 per hour) and $453.75 for 2.75 hours expended by Jackson and Gates in 2005 (at a rate of $165 per hour).

Summaries of

Cogswell v. Social Security Administration Commissioner

United States District Court, D. Maine
Jul 20, 2005
Civil No. 04-171-P-S (D. Me. Jul. 20, 2005)

reducing a request for 44 hours spent on drafting the statement of errors to 30 hours, holding the request to be excessive "given the lack of difficulty or novelty of the issues presented"

Summary of this case from Cano v. Saul
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Cogswell v. Social Security Administration Commissioner

Case Details

Full title:HENRY W. COGSWELL, Plaintiff, v. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION…

Court:United States District Court, D. Maine

Date published: Jul 20, 2005

Citations

Civil No. 04-171-P-S (D. Me. Jul. 20, 2005)

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