Giusa v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration

Opinion

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

9 Susanne Jane Giusa, No. CV-19-02464-PHX-MTL

10 Plaintiff, ORDER

11 v.

12 Commissioner of Social Security Administration, 13 Defendant. 14 15 Pursuant to the parties’ Stipulation for Award of Attorney Fees Under the Equal 16 Access to Justice Act (Doc. 21), and good cause appearing, 17 IT IS ORDERED granting the Stipulation for Award of Attorney Fees Under the 18 Equal Access to Justice Act (Doc. 21). 19 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff is awarded $4,968.57 in attorney fees 20 and no costs, pursuant to the terms of the parties’ Stipulation. 21 IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that if the Commissioner determines that Plaintiff 22 does not owe a debt that is subject to offset under the Treasury Offset Program, and agrees 23 to waive the requirement of the Anti-Assignment Act (31 U.S.C. § 3727(b)), the fees will 24 be made payable to Plaintiff’s attorney. If there is a debt owed under the Treasury Offset 25 Program, the remaining EAJA fees after offset will be paid by check made out to Plaintiff 26 but delivered to Plaintiff’s attorney. See Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586, 589 (2010). 27 \\ 28 \\ 1 Dated this 3rd day of September, 2020. 2 Wichal T. dhurdle Michael T. Liburdi 5 United States District Judge 6 7 8 9 10 1] 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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