Freund v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 24

ORDER granting 23 Motion for Attorney Fees. See attached Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Gilbert C. Sison on 3/5/2025. (orw)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
PAMELA S. F.,
Plaintiff,
vs.
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,
Defendant.

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ORDER AWARDING ATTORNEY’S FEES
SISON, Magistrate Judge:
This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ Joint Motion to Award Attorney
Fees and Expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. (Doc.
23). Defendant does not oppose the amount of the fee requested. Id. Based on the
pleadings, it is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiff is awarded $7,064.70 for attorney’s fees
and expenses in full satisfaction of any and all claims for attorney’s fees and expenses
that may be payable to Plaintiff in this matter under the EAJA.
Any fees paid belong to Plaintiff and not Plaintiff’s attorney and can be offset to
satisfy any pre-existing debt that the litigant owes the United States. See Astrue v. Ratliff,
560 U.S. 586, 593 (2010). If Defendant can verify that Plaintiff does not owe a pre-existing
debt to the government subject to the offset, Defendant will direct that the award be made
payable to Plaintiff’s attorney, Cody Marvin, pursuant to the EAJA assignment duly
signed by Plaintiff.

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If payment is mailed, as opposed to electronically deposited, it shall be mailed to
counsel’s address of record:
Cody T. Marvin
Marvin & Associates, P.C.
630 Davis Street, Suite 300
Evanston, IL 60201
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: March 5, 2025.

Digitally signed by
Judge Sison
Date: 2025.03.05
14:32:40 -06'00'
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GILBERT C. SISON
United States Magistrate Judge

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