Morgan-Joe v. Social Security

Filing 20

AMENDED ORDER re 19 Stipulation and Order. Signed by District Judge Matthew F. Leitman. (HMon)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
TERESA MORGAN-JOE,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 17-cv-13328
Hon. Matthew F. Leitman

vs.
NANCY A. BERRYHILL,
ACTING COMMISSIONER OF
SOCIAL SECURITY,
Defendant.
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AMENDED ORDER
This matter is before the Court on the parties’ Joint Stipulation for an Award
of Attorney’s Fees Under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”). It is hereby
ORDERED that attorney’s fees should be allowed in this case under the EAJA in
the amount of $4,047.81. This award will fully and completely satisfy any and all
of Plaintiff’s claims for fees under EAJA.
Pursuant to the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in Astrue v. Ratliff,
560 U.S. 586, 130 S. Ct. 2521 (2010), these attorney’s fees are payable to Plaintiff
as the prevailing party, and are subject to offset through the Treasury Department’s
Offset Program to satisfy any pre-existing debt Plaintiff may owe to the
government. If the Commissioner determines that Plaintiff owes no debt to the
government that would subject this award of attorney’s fees to offset, the

Commissioner may honor the Plaintiff’s assignment of EAJA fees providing for
payment of the subject fees to Plaintiff’s counsel, rather than to Plaintiff. If,
however, Plaintiff is discovered to owe the government any debt subject to offset,
the Commissioner shall pay any attorney’s fees remaining after such offset to
Plaintiff rather than to counsel.

/s/Matthew F. Leitman
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated: December 4, 2018

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the parties
and/or counsel of record on December 4, 2018, by electronic means and/or
ordinary mail.
s/Holly A. Monda
Case Manager
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