Budnik v. Commissioner of Social Security

Opinion

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5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 9 CASE NO. 3:19-CV-6065-DWC 11 Plaintiff, ORDER ON EAJA ATTORNEY’S 12 v. FEES AND COSTS SECURITY, 14 Defendant. 15

Based upon the motion of the plaintiff, for which there is no opposition, it is hereby 16 Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed that the plaintiff shall have a judgement against the 17 defendant for attorney’s fees and expenses pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 18 28 U.S.C. § 2412, et. seq. in the amount of $6,256.45 for attorney’s and paralegal fees, and 19 expenses in the sum of $14.70 for service of the summons and complaint in this matter, for a 20 total award of $6,271.15. It is further 21 Order, Adjudged, and Decreed that in accordance with Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586, 22 586, 130 S. Ct. 2521, 2522, 177 L. Ed. 2d 91 (2010), plaintiff’s EAJA fees and expenses award 23 is subject to any offset allowed pursuant to the Department of the Treasury’s Offset Program. 24 1 See Id. If it is determined that the plaintiff’s EAJA award is not the subject to any offset allowed 2 pursuant to the Department of the Treasury’s Offset Program, then the check for the EAJA fees 3 and expenses shall be made payable to and mailed to plaintiff’s counsel, Charles W. Talbot, Esq., 4 at Talbot and Associates, P.S., 5005 Center Street, Suite E, Tacoma, Washington 98409.

5 Dated this 19th day of August, 2020. 6 A 7 David W. Christel United States Magistrate Judge 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24