Don Carl James Hallstrom v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 20

ORDER AWARDING EAJA FEES by Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym re 15 (SEE ORDER FOR DETAILS). (kca)

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STUART T. BARASCH, ESQ.
Of Counsel, Olinsky Law Group
P.O. Box 961719
El Paso, TX 79996
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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Attorney for Plaintiff, Don Carl James Hallstrom
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA -EASTERN DIVISION
DON CARL JAMES HALLSTROM,

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Plaintiff,

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CASE NO.: 5:23-CV-01781-SP

-vCOMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,
Defendant.

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ORDER AWARDING ATTORNEY’S
FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO
JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (d)
Before the Court is a Motion for Attorney’s Fees pursuant to the Equal
Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). Based on the pleadings as well as the

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non-opposition of defendant commissioner, and recognizing Plaintiff’s waiver of
direct payment and assignment of EAJA to his counsel,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that attorney fees in the amount of Seven
Thousand Two Hundred Seventy Dollars and Zero Cents ($7,270.00) pursuant to
the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) are awarded to Plaintiff.
If the U.S. Department of the Treasury determines that Plaintiff’s EAJA fees

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are not subject to offset allowed under the Department of the Treasury’s Offset

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Program (TOPS), then the check for EAJA fees may be made payable to Plaintiff’s

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Attorney’s Of Counsel firm,
Olinsky Law Group EIN 26-2258247
Any payment may be made either by electronic transfer fund (EFT) or by check.

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Whether the check is made payable to Plaintiff or to Olinsky Law Group,
the check shall be mailed to the following address:
Olinsky Law Group
250 S Clinton St Ste 210
Syracuse NY 13202

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So ordered.

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Date: June 5, 2024

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Sheri Pym
United States Magistrate Judge

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