Humberto Leon, Jr. v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security

• Court: District Court, C.D. California
• Decided: October 2, 2025
• Docket: 8:25-cv-00934
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

Jennifer L. Dunn, Esq. 1 Pro Hac Vice Attorney for Plaintiff 2 MA Bar No. 667726 Dunn Law, PLLC 3 890 Winter Street, Suite 230 4 Waltham, MA 02451 Phone: 781-478-7081 5 Fax: 781-478-7406 6 jdunn@dunnlawfirmpllc.com 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 HUMBERTO LEON, JR., ) ) 10 Plaintiff, ) vs. ) Case No.: 8:25-cv-00934-SK 11 ) 12 FRANK BISIGNANO, ) Commissioner of Social Security, ) [PROPOSED] 13 ) ORDER FOR ALLOWANCE OF FEES 14 Defendant. ) UNDER THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ____________________________________) ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412 15 16 Based upon the parties’ Stipulation for Allowance of Fees under the Equal Access to 17 Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff shall be awarded attorney 18 fees in the amount of $6,020.00 (six-thousand twenty dollars and zero cents) under the EAJA, 28 19 20 U.S.C. § 2412(d) and $00.00 (zero dollars) in costs under 28 U.S.C. § 2412(a), in full satisfaction 21 of any and all claims that may be payable to plaintiff in this matter under the Equal Access to 22 Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. 23 Such award is made in full and final satisfaction (upon payment) of any and all claims under 24 the EAJA for fees, expenses, and costs. 25 26 Any fees paid belong to Plaintiff and not Plaintiff’s attorney and can be offset to satisfy any 27 pre-existing debt that the litigant owes the United States, Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586 (2010). If 28 Defendant can verify that Plaintiff does not owe a pre-existing debt to the government subject to the offset, Defendant will direct that the award be made payable to Plaintiffs attorney pursuant to the 2 || EAJA assignment duly signed by Plaintiff and counsel. 3 * || DATED: October 2, 2025 — She 5 HON. STEVE KIM UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28