Nunez v. Berryhill
- Gabriel Gorenstein
- 1:18-cv-06385
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Nunez v. Commissioner, Judge Gorenstein granted counsel’s $20,063.25 fee application and ordered repayment of earlier fees to Nunez.
Evelyn Del Carmen Nunez, her counsel, and Charles E. Binder as the fee recipient identified in the order.
What happened
Evelyn Del Carmen Nunez applied for attorney’s fees after receiving past-due Social Security benefits. The order says the fee application was unopposed and relied on a prior Southern District of New York decision.
The court awarded $20,063.25, equal to 25% of Nunez’s past-due benefits, to Charles E. Binder, the fee recipient identified in the order.
The order also directed counsel to return $4,638.06 in previously awarded Equal Access to Justice Act fees to Nunez. Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein issued the order on September 11, 2020.
The detailed version
- Nunez v. Berryhill · No. 1:18-cv-06385
- Gabriel Gorenstein
- Sept. 11, 2020
Background
The order addresses an application for attorney’s fees filed at Docket No. 25. It states that the application was granted without objection and gives the reasons stated in Rabenda v. Colvin, 2018 WL 3178159, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. June 28, 2018).
Ruling
The court ordered that $20,063.25 in attorney’s fees be paid to Charles E. Binder. The order states that this amount represents 25% of the past-due benefits awarded to Evelyn Del Carmen Nunez. It further directed counsel for Nunez to remit $4,638.06 in previously awarded Equal Access to Justice Act fees to Nunez after receiving the new fee award. United States Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein signed the order.
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