Knight v. Commissioner Social Security Administration

Filing 26

ORDER: Granting Plaintiff's Unopposed Application for Fees Pursuant to EAJA 25 . It is hereby ORDERED that, pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412, an attorney fee in the amount of $5,007.23 is awarded to Plaintiff. See Order for further details. Signed on 10/23/2017 by Magistrate Judge John Jelderks. (jtj)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF OREGON
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Case No.: 3:15-CV-02262-JE
RACHEL KNIGHT
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Plaintiff,
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v.
ORDER AWARDING ATIORNEY
FEES PER 28 use 2412(d)
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NANCY A. BERRYHILL,
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Acting Commissioner
Social Security Administration
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Defendant.
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It is hereby ORDERED that, pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28
U.S.C. § 2412, an attorney fee in the amount of $5,007.23 is awarded to Plaintiff. It is
ordered that the attorney fee will be paid to Plaintiff's attorney, dependent upon
verification that Plaintiff has no debt which qualifies for offset against the awarded fees,
pursuant to the Treasury Offset Program as discussed in Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S. Ct.
2521 (2010). If Plaintiff has no such debt, then the check shall be made payable to
Plaintiff's attorney, George J. Wall, and mailed to Plaintiff's attorney's mailing address
at: 1336 E. Burnside St., Suite 130, Portland OR 97132. If Plaintiff has such debt, then
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the check for any remaining funds after offset of the debt shall be made payable to
Plaintiff and mailed to Plaintiff's attorney's mailing address stated above.

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Date: October 18, 2017

Proposed Order submitted:

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J. Wall, OSB #934515
[e-mail]
Phone No.: 503-236-0068
Fax No.: 503-236-0028
Attorney for Plaintiff, Rachel Knight

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that the foregoing Plaintiff's PETITION FOR APPROVAL OF
FEES PER EAJA and PROPOSED ORDER were filed with the Clerk of the Court on
October 18, 2017 using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification of such filing
to the following:
Kathryn A Miller
Janice E. Hebert

[e-mail], [e-mail]
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[e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail]@usdoj.gov

Geer e . W II, OSB No. 934515
1336 E. Burnside St., Suite 130
Portland OR 97214
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
Attorney for Plaintiff, Rachel Knight
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