Farias v. Colvin

Filing 39

ORDER GRANTING 37 MOTION FOR PARTY SUBSTITUTION. Alfredo Chino added. Cristalinda Farias terminated. Signed by Judge Salvador Mendoza, Jr. (AY, Case Administrator)

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FILED IN THE
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT May 07, 2018
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON SEAN F. M AVOY, CLERK

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CRISTALINDA FARIAS,

No. 1:14-CV-03093-SMJ

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Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION
FOR PARTY SUBSTITUTION

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v.
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COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,
Defendant.

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Before the Court, without oral argument, is Plaintiff’s Unopposed Motion for
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Substitution of Party, ECF No. 37. Plaintiff Cristalinda Farias’s appeal to the Ninth
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Circuit Court of Appeals was remanded for additional administrative proceedings.
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The Court awarded EAJA fees on April 25, 2018. ECF No. 36. Counsel has brought
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to the Court’s attention that Ms. Farias died on April 14, 2016. Plaintiff seeks to
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substitute her husband, Alfredo Chino, as the party in interest in place of his
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deceased wife. Having reviewed the pleadings and the file in this matter, the Court
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is fully informed and grants the motion.
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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
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Plaintiff’s Unopposed Motion for Substitution of Party, ECF No. 37,

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is GRANTED.

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To the extent the Court’s April 25, 2018 order awards fees to

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Cristalinda Farias or otherwise directs payment to the decedent, it is

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amended to permit payment to substitute plaintiff Alfredo Chino.

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IT IS SO ORDERED. The Clerk’s Office is directed to enter this Order and
provide copies to all counsel.
DATED this 7th day of May 2018.

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SALVADOR MENDOZA, JR.
United States District Judge

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