King v. Commissioner of Social Security

Opinion

6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 7 AT TACOMA

8 SUZANNE M. KING, ) ) CIVIL NO. 3:19-cv-05524-RSM 9 Plaintiff, ) 10 ) ORDER vs. ) 11 ) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, ) 12 ) Defendant ) 13 )

14 This matter comes before the Court on the Plaintiff’s motion for attorney’s fees pursuant 15 to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412 16 The motion is timely as Plaintiff had a 60-day appeal period, plus the 30-day period in 17 §2412(d)(1)(B), from the entry of final judgment on December 6, 2019 to file a timely EAJA 18 application. Akopyan v. Barnhart, 296 F.3d 852 (9th Cir. 2002); Melkonyan v. Sullivan, 501 U.S. 19 89, 94-96 (1991); FED. R. App. P. 4(a). Furthermore, upon review of the record, the Court 20 determines that Plaintiff is the prevailing party, the government’s position was not substantially 21 justified, and that the itemization of attorney time spent is reasonable. In short, the requirements 22 of § 2412(d)(1)(B) are met. 23 24 25 David Oliver & Associates 2608 South 47th Street, Suite C 1 Having thoroughly considered the Plaintiff’s briefing and the relevant record, the Court 2 hereby GRANTS the motion and awards Plaintiff $5,241.60 in attorney’s fees, subject to any offset 3 allowed under the Treasury Offset Program. See. Astrue v. Ratiff, 560 U.S. 586, 589 – 590 (2010). 4 Payment of EAJA fees shall be via check sent to Plaintiff’s attorney David Oliver & Associates, 5 2608 S. 47th Street, Suite C, Tacoma, WA 98409. Pursuant to Ratliff, the award shall be payable 6 to Plaintiff’s attorney, David Oliver & Associates, if the Commissioner confirms that Plaintiff 7 owes no debt to the Government through the Federal Treasury Offset Program. 8 For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiff’s motion for attorney fees is GRANTED; 9 DATED this 27th day of March 2020. 10 A 11 RICARDO S. MARTINEZ 12 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

13 Presented by: 14

15 S/David P. OLIVER 16 David P. Oliver, Attorney for Plaintiff 17 18

20 21 22 23 24 25 David Oliver & Associates 2608 South 47th Street, Suite C