Hosea v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner of

Filing 25

ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that attorney fees in the amount of $3,868.00 be paid to Plaintiff under the Equal Access to Justice Act. Signed by Magistrate Judge Debra C Poplin on 11/4/19. (JBR)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
AT KNOXVILLE

AMBER DANIELLE HOSEA,
Plaintiff,
v.
ANDREW M. SAUL,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

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No. 3:17-CV-509-DCP

ORDER
Having received the joint stipulation [Doc. 24] of the parties in the matter pending now
before the Court and upon review of the record, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that attorney fees
in the amount of $3,868.00 be paid to Plaintiff under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”),
28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). In accordance with Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586 (2010), the EAJA fee is
payable to Plaintiff as the litigant and may be subject to offset to satisfy a pre-existing debt that
the litigant owes to the United States. The parties have agreed that Plaintiff has assigned any award
of legal fees to her attorneys. If Plaintiff owes no debt to the United States, the payment of EAJA
fees can be made to Plaintiff’s attorney per the assignment.
ENTER:

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Debra C. Poplin
United States Magistrate Judge