Kettleband v. Commissioner of Social Security

Opinion

1 U.S. District Judge Richard A. Jones 2

WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

12 ROBERT KETTLEBAND JR., 3:19-CV-05172-RAJ 13 Plaintiff,

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Defendant. 16

17 It is hereby ORDERED that attorney fees in the amount of $3,860.33 and costs in the 18 amount of $400 shall be awarded to Plaintiff pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 19 U.S.C. § 2412. Attorney fees will be paid to Plaintiff’s attorney, dependent upon verification that 20 Plaintiff has no debt which qualifies for offset against the awarded fees, pursuant to the Treasury 21 Offset Program as discussed in Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521 (2010). Attorney fees are paid 22 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1920. 1 If Plaintiff has no such debt, then the check shall be made out to Plaintiff’s attorney and 2 mailed to Plaintiff’s attorney’s office as follows: Kevin Kerr, P.O. Box 14490, Portland, OR

3 97293. If Plaintiff has a debt, then the check for any remaining funds after offset of the debt 4 shall be made to Plaintiff and mailed to Plaintiff's attorney's office at the address stated above. 5 DATED this 2nd day of March, 2020. 6 A

7 The Honorable Richard A. Jones 8 United States District Judge

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