Spears v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 13

ORDER granting 12 Motion for Attorney Fees. Signed by Judge Edmund A. Sargus on 8/30/2024. (cmw)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
EASTERN DIVISION
REBECCA S.,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 2:24-cv-446
JUDGE EDMUND A. SARGUS, JR.
Magistrate Judge Peter B. Silvain, Jr.

COMMISSIONER OF THE SOCIAL
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,
Defendant.
ORDER
This matter is before the Court on the parties’ Joint Motion, entitled Joint Motion for an
Award of Attorneys’ Fees Under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. (ECF
No. 12.) The Court hereby GRANTS the parties’ Joint Motion and awards Plaintiff EAJA fees in
the amount of $3,449.92. After the Court enters this award, counsel for the parties shall verify that
Plaintiff owes no pre-existing debt to the United States subject to offset, consistent with Astrue v.
Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586 (2010). If no such pre-existing debt exists, Defendant shall pay the EAJA
award directly to Plaintiff’s counsel pursuant to the EAJA assignment signed by Plaintiff and
counsel.
The case remains terminated on the docket of this Court.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
8/30/2024
DATE

s/Edmund A. Sargus, Jr.
EDMUND A. SARGUS, JR.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE