Rumple v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 13

ORDER granting 12 Motion for Attorney Fees. Signed by District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr on 8/30/2024. (ams)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
STATESVILLE DIVISION
5:24-cv-71-MOC
CHRISTOPHER A. RUMPLE,

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Plaintiff,
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MARTIN O’MALLEY,
Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the Court through a motion by Plaintiff, Christopher A.
Rumple, for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act. (Doc. No.
12). Defendant has consented to that motion.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Fees is GRANTED and the
United States Social Security Administration shall pay attorney’s fees in the amount of Three
Thousand Three Hundred and Thirty Dollars and 20/100 Cents ($3,330.20). Full or partial
remittance of the EAJA award will be contingent upon a determination by the Government that
Plaintiff owes no qualifying, pre-existing debt(s) to the Government.
If Plaintiff has no outstanding federal debt, the Commissioner may honor any EAJA
assignment that Plaintiff may provide and make the check(s) payable to Plaintiff’s counsel.
However, if Plaintiff has an outstanding federal debt, the Commissioner will make the check(s)
payable to Plaintiff directly and deliver the check(s) to the business address of Plaintiff’s counsel.
The amount of EAJA award payable to Plaintiff will be the balance of EAJA award remaining

after subtracting the amount of Plaintiff’s outstanding federal debt. This award will be paid
directly to Plaintiff, Christopher A. Rumple, and sent to the business address of Plaintiff’s counsel.
If Plaintiff’s outstanding federal debt exceeds the amount of the EAJA award approved pursuant
to the Order, the amount of the EAJA award will be used to offset Plaintiff’s federal debt and no
EAJA award shall be paid.

Signed: August 30, 2024