Wilson v. Kijakazi Case remanded to Social Security Administration .

A.J.W.,
Plaintiff,
vs.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
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§ 	CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:21-CV-03964
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KILOLO KIJAKAZI, COMMISSIONER OF
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, 1
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Defendant.
ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
Pending before this Court in the above-referenced proceeding is Plaintiff A.J.W.'s Motion for
Attorneys' Fees (Doc. No. 21). The recommended ruling in Magistrate Judge Ho's Memorandum and
Recommendation (Doc. No. 27) would resolve this motion by granting the Motion for Attorneys' Fees
(Doc. No. 21) and ordering Defendant to pay Plaintiffs counsel $15,157.25 of the sum that has been
withheld from Plaintiff's past-due benefits and ordering Plaintiff's counsel to refund the entire BAJA fee
award to Plaintiff. No parties filed objections to the Memorandum and Recommendation. After a review of
the filings, the applicable law, and Judge Ho's Memorandum and Recommendation, the Court hereby
ADOPTS the Memorandum and Recommendation and hereby GRANTS Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney's
Fees (Doc. No. 21) and awards the Plaintiff attorneys' fees in the amount of $15,157.25. Counsel for
Plaintiff shall refund the BAJA fee award ($7,409.10) directly to the Plaintiff.
It is so ordered.
~tSigned on this the ___f_ day of June 2026.
Andrew S. Hanen
United States District Judge
1 Kijakazi was the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration when the Court remanded this case
to the Social Security Administration. (Doc. No. 18).
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
June 02, 2026
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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