Davidson v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 24

ORDER granting 23 the Defendant's Agreed Motion to Award Attorney Fees and Expenses. See Written Order. Entered by Magistrate Judge Jonathan E. Hawley on 7/29/2015. (KZ, ilcd)

E-FILED

Wednesday, 29 July, 2015 02:25:32 PM
Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD
IN THE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
PEORIA DIVISION
RAYMOND D. DAVIDSON,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 1:14-cv-01049-JES-JEH

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,
Defendant.
Order
The Court has reviewed the Defendant’s Agreed Motion to Award Attorney Fees
and Expenses (Doc. 23) and therefore awards the Plaintiff, Raymond D. Davidson, $6,300.00
(six thousand three hundred dollars) for attorney fees and expenses pursuant to the Equal
Access to Justice Act, 28 USC § 2412. The award fully and finally satisfies any and all claims
for attorney fees, expenses, and costs that may be payable to the Plaintiff in this matter
under the EAJA.
Any fees paid belong to the Plaintiff and not his attorney. The fees can be offset to
satisfy any pre-existing debt that the Plaintiff owes the United States. Astrue v Ratliff, 560
US 586, 589 (2010). The Plaintiff has provided the Defendant with a valid assignment of
fees. If the Defendant can verify that the Plaintiff does not owe pre-existing debt to the
government subject to offset, the Defendant will direct payment of the award to the
Plaintiff’s attorney pursuant to the EAJA assignment.
It is so ordered.
Entered on July 29, 2015.

s/Jonathan E. Hawley
U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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