High v. Colvin

Filing 35

ORDER granting 34 Consent Motion for Attorney Fees. Signed by Magistrate Judge Robert B. Jones, Jr on 12/20/2016. (Grady, B.)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEBORAH HINSON HIGH,
Plaintiff,
v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN,
Acting Commissioner of
Social Security,
Defendant.

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 7:15-cv-153-RJ

CONSENT ORDER

This action being submitted to the Court for entry of a Consent Order agreed to by
the Parties and it appearing that Plaintiff, by and through his attorney, has executed this
Consent Order and Defendant has executed this Consent Order, by and through the
undersigned Special Assistant United States Attorney; and it appearing that the Parties
have agreed that Plaintiff, Deborah Hinson High, is awarded attorney fees under the
EAJA in the amount ofFour Thousand Six Hundred Dollars and 00/100 ($4,600.00) m
full and final settlement of attorney fees arising under the Equal Access to Justice Act
(EAJA). 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). In accordance with Plaintiffs corresponding Consent
Motion, full or partial remittance of the awarded attorney fees will be contingent upon a
determination by the Government that Plaintiff owes no qualifying, pre-existing debt(s)
to the Government. If such a debt(s) exists, the Government will reduce the awarded
attorney fees in this Order to the extent necessary to satisfy such debt(s).
It is therefore ORDERED that, pursuant to the above, the Commissioner pay the

sum of Four Thousand Six Hundred Dollars and 00/100 ($4,600.00) in full satisfaction

of any and all claims arising under EAJA, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), and upon the payment of
such sums this case is dismissed with prejudice.
This 20th day ofDecember, 2016.

CONSENTED TO:

United States Magistrate Judge

Date: December 15, 2016

Is/ Karl E. Osterhout
KARL E. OSTERHOUT, Esquire
Pennsylvania State Bar No.: 49658
Osterhout Disability Law, LLC
521 Cedar Way, Suite 200
Oakmont, PA 15139
T:412-794-8003, ext 401
F: 412-794-8050
[e-mail]
Attorney for Plaintiff
Pro Hac Vice

s/ Paul B. Eaglin
Paul B. Eaglin, Esq.
NCSB Bar No. 7097
Attorney for Plaintiff
OLINSKY LAW GROUP
One Park Place
300 S. State Street, Ste. 420
Syracuse, New York 13202
t: 315.701.5780
f: 315.701.5781
peaglin@windisability .com
Local Counsel
December 15, 2016

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Date: December 15, 2016

/s/ Elisa Donohoe *
Elisa Donohoe
Special Assistant United States Attorney
Social Security Administration
Office of the General Counsel
Room 617, Altmeyer Building
6401 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21235
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Attorney for Defendant

*Permission obtained for the use of counsel's electronic signature on December 14, 2016
via electronic mail.

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