Williams v. Commissioner of Social Security

Opinion

1 Chief United States Magistrate Judge Brian A. Tsuchida

6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 JAMES L. WILLIAMS, JR., ) 9 ) CIVIL NO. 3:19-cv-5004-BAT Plaintiff, ) 10 ) ORDER FOR EAJA FEES, COSTS, AND vs. ) EXPENSES 11 ) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL ) 12 SECURITY, ) 13 ) Defendant. ) 14 )

15 Based upon Plaintiff’s Motion for EAJA Fees, Costs, and Expenses, it is hereby 16 ORDERED that attorney’s fees in the total amount of $7,874.25 (which is for work performed by 17 Jeffrey Baird in the amount of $6,755.11 plus work performed by Elie Halpern in the amount of 18 $1,119.14) and expenses in the amount of $1.18 (for postage) pursuant to the Equal Access to 19 Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), and costs in the amount of $41.40 (for photocopies) pursuant to 20 28 U.S.C. § 1920; 31 U.S.C. § 1304(a), shall: 21 22 1. Be awarded to Plaintiff pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586; 130 S. Ct. 2521 (2010) and delivered via check to Plaintiff’s counsel, Elie Halpern, 23 at his office at Halpern Olivares PLLC, 2102 Carriage Drive SW, Building E102, Olympia, WA 98502; however, 24 2. If the U.S. Department of the Treasury determines that 25 Plaintiff’s EAJA fees, expenses, and costs are not subject to any offset allowed under the Department of the Treasury’s Offset Program, then the

Halpern Olivares PLLC 2102 Carriage Drive SW, Building E102 1 check for EAJA fees, expenses, and costs shall be made payable to Plaintiff’s attorney, Elie Halpern, and delivered via check to Mr. Halpern’s 2 office at Halpern Olivares PLLC, 2102 Carriage Drive SW, Building E102, Olympia, WA 98502. 3 DATED this 11th day of September, 2019. 4 A 5 6 BRIAN A. TSUCHIDA 7 Chief United States Magistrate Judge

8 Presented by:

9 s/Elie Halpern 10 Elie Halpern, WSB No. 1519 Attorney for Plaintiff 11

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Halpern Olivares PLLC 2102 Carriage Drive SW, Building E102