WOOD v. COM'R OF SOCIAL SEC.

No. 16-13664, No. 16-13665, No. 16-13666, No. 16-14004.

861 F.3d 1197 (2017)

Katrina F. WOOD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant-Appellee. Celalettin Akarcay, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee. Bill J. Westfall, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee. Darleen R. Schuster, Plaintiff-Appellant, Richard Allen Culbertson, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 26, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Allen Culbertson , Sarah Patience Fay, Law Office of Richard A. Culbertson, Orlando, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Richard Allen Culbertson, Pro Se.

Rebecca Ringham , Jerome M. Albanese , Nadine DeLuca Elder , Brian C. Huberty , Mary Ann Sloan , Social Security Administration, Atlanta, GA, Arthur Lee Bentley, III , John F. Rudy, III , U.S. Attorney's Office, Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellee in 16-13664.

Rebecca Ringham , Jerome M. Albanese , Arthurice Tylune Brundidge , Jennifer L. Patel , Mary Ann Sloan , Douglas Gregory Wilson , Social Security Administration, Atlanta, GA, Arthur Lee Bentley, III , John F. Rudy, III , U.S. Attorney's Office, Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellee in 16-13665.

Jerome M. Albanese , Rebecca Ringham , William Lawrence Hogan , John Molinaro , Brian Seinberg , Mary Ann Sloan , Social Security Administration, Atlanta, GA, Arthur Lee Bentley, III , John F. Rudy, III , U.S. Attorney's Office, Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellee in 16-13666.

Rebecca Ringham , Jerome M. Albanese , Nadine DeLuca Elder , Megan Elizabeth Gideon , William Lawrence Hogan , Mary Ann Sloan , John C. Stoner , Susan Kelm Story , Richard Harrison Winters , Social Security Administration, Atlanta, GA, John F. Rudy, III , U.S. Attorney's Office, Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellee in 16-14004.

Before MARTIN, JILL PRYOR, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


Richard Culbertson was counsel to the four plaintiffs shown in the caption here, who asked for and were awarded Social Security disability benefits. This appeal consolidates the four cases, and it is about attorney's fees for Mr. Culbertson. To his credit, Mr. Culbertson represented Katrina Wood, Celalettin Akarcay, Bill Westfall...

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