Mark Castaneda v. Kilolo Kijakazi

• Court: District Court, C.D. California
• Decided: August 22, 2022
• Docket: 8:22-cv-00782
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

Case 8:22-cv-00782-AFM Document 24 Filed 08/22/22 Page 1 of 2 Page ID #:74

Jennifer Dunn, Esq. 1 Pro Hac Vice Attorney for Plaintiff 2 BBO No. 667726 Coveney Law, LLC 3 1050 Winter Street, Suite 1700 4 Waltham, MA 02451 Phone: 781-478-7081 5 Fax: 781-478-7406 6 jdunn@coveneylaw.com

7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8

9 MARK CASTANEDA, ) 10 ) Plaintiff, ) 11 vs. ) Case No.: 8:22-cv-00782-AFM 12 ) KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ) 13 ) [PROPOSED] 14 Acting Commissioner of Social ) ORDER FOR ALLOWANCE OF FEES ) UNDER THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE 15 Security Administration, ) ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412 ) 16 Defendant. ) 17 ____________________________________)

18 19 Based upon the parties’ Stipulation for Allowance of Fees under the Equal Access to Justice 20 Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412, IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff shall be awarded attorney fees in the amount 21 of $5,000.00 (five-thousand dollars and zero cents). Such award is made in full and final satisfaction 22 23 (upon payment) of any and all claims under the EAJA for fees, expenses, and costs. 24 Any fees paid belong to Plaintiff and not Plaintiff’s attorney and can be offset to satisfy any 25 pre-existing debt that the litigant owes the United States, Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586 (2010). If 26 Defendant can verify that Plaintiff does not owe a pre-existing debt to the government subject to the 27 28 Case 8:22-cv-00782-AFM Document 24 Filed 08/22/22 Page2of2 Page |ID#:75

, offset, Defendant will direct that the award be made payable to Plaintiff's attorney pursuant to the 2 || EAJA assignment duly signed by Plaintiff and counsel. Chty * || DATED: 8/22/2022 5 HON. ALEXANDER F. MACKINNON 5 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28