(SS) Betts v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 18

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis M. Cota on 7/29/2022 GRANTING 16 Motion for Attorney fees and expenses in the amount of $1,280.00 pursuant to the EAJA, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) are awarded to Plaintiff.(Perdue, C.)

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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, Ronda Marie Betts
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA- SACRAMENTO DIVISION
RONDA MARIE BETTS,

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Plaintiff,

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CASE NO.: 2:20-CV-02029-DMC

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ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,
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Defendant.

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STIPULATED ORDER AWARDING ATTORNEY’S
FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO
JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (d)

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Before the Court is a Stipulation for Attorney’s Fees pursuant to the Equal

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Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). Based on the pleadings as well as the

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position of defendant commissioner, and recognizing Plaintiff’s waiver of direct

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payment and assignment of EAJA to her counsel,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that attorney fees and expenses in the amount

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of One Thousand Two Hundred Eighty Dollars ($1,280.00) pursuant to the Equal
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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

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fees, expenses, and costs are not subject to offset allowed under the Department of

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the Treasury’s Offset Program (TOPS), then the check for EAJA fees, expenses,

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and costs may be made payable to Olinsky Law Group. Any payment of costs may
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be made either by electronic fund transfer (EFT) or by check.

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Having reviewed the stipulation at ECF No. 17, which is signed by all
counsel, it is so ordered. The Clerk of the Court is directed to terminate ECF No.

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16 as a pending motion.
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Dated: July 29, 2022

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DENNIS M. COTA
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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