VanSickle 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 8 9 Kerry VanSickle, No. CV-18-0411-TUC-BGM

10 Plaintiff,

11 v. ORDER

12 Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social Security, 13 Defendant. 14 15 Currently pending before the Court is the Parties’ Stipulated Motion for Award of 16 Attorney Fees Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 26 U.S.C. § 2412(d) (Doc. 17 25). Having reviewed the same, and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED 18 that the Parties’ motion (Doc. 25) is GRANTED. 19 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff be awarded attorney’s fees of 20 $2,019.16 pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). 21 EAJA fees awarded by this Court belong to the Plaintiff and are subject to offset 22 under the Treasury Offset Program (31 U.S.C. § 3716(c)(3)(B) (2006)). See Astrue v. 23 Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586, 595–98, 130 S.Ct. 2521, 2528–29, 177 L.Ed.2d 91 (2010). As 24 such, IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if, after receiving this Order, the Commissioner 25 determines upon its effectuation that Plaintiff does not owe a debt that is subject to offset 26 under the Treasury Offset Program, fees will be made payable to Plaintiff’s attorney. If, 27 however, there is a debt owed that is subject to offset under the Treasury Offset Program, 28 the remaining EAJA fees after offset will be paid by a check made out to Plaintiff but □□ delivered to Plaintiffs attorney. Any check for EAJA fees shall be mailed to Plaintiff’s || counsel at the following address: Hallinan & Killpack Law Firm, 5240 East Pima Street, Tucson, Arizona 85712. 4 Dated this 31st day of January, 2020. ° See PD Pe 6 Honorable Bruce G. Macdonald 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

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