(October 5, 2018, 11:02 AM EDT) -- CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A New York federal judge on Sept. 28 rejected a disability plaintiff’s challenge to the hourly rate used by a magistrate judge to calculate attorney fees and adjusted an overall reduction in the amount of billed hours, resulting in an award of more than $222,000 in attorney fees in favor of the claimant (Janet Solnin v. Sun Life and Health Insurance Co., et. al., No. 08-2759, E.D. N.Y., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 168047)....