Avery, Jr. v. Astrue

Filing 29

ORDER Granting the parties' 28 Stipulated Motion for Attorney Fees by Judge Richard A Jones. (CL)

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United States District Judge Richard A. Jones 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 9 HENRY DUDLEY AVERY, JR., Plaintiff, 10 11 vs. 12 CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 13 14 ) ) CIVIL NO. 2:13-cv-125-RAJ-BAT ) ) ORDER FOR EAJA FEES, COSTS AND ) EXPENSES ) ) ) ) ) 15 The court GRANTS the parties’ stipulated motion for attorney fees. Dkt. # 28. The court 16 awards attorney fees in the total amount of $7,441.48 (which is for work performed by Jeffrey 17 Baird in the amount of $6,417.32 plus work performed by Elie Halpern in the amount of 18 $1,024.16) and expenses in the amount of $22.22 (for postage and fax charges) pursuant to the 19 20 Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), and costs in the amount of $26.40 (for photocopies) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1920; 31 U.S.C. § 1304(a). 21 Defendant shall pay the award to Plaintiff pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, __ U.S. __ (2010), 22 23 24 25 130 S.Ct. 2521 (2010) and deliver it via check to Plaintiff’s counsel, Elie Halpern, at Mr. Halpern’s office at Elie Halpern & Associates, PLLC, 1800 Cooper Pt. Road SW, Bldg. 19, Olympia, WA 98502. If, however, the U.S. Department of the Treasury determines that ORDER FOR EAJA FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES [2:13-cv-125-RAJ-BAT] - 1 Elie Halpern & Associates, PLLC 1800 Cooper Pt. Road SW, Bldg. 19 Olympia, WA 98502 (360) 753-8055, Fax: (360) 753-8584 ehalpern@aol.com 1 Plaintiff’s EAJA fees, expenses, and costs are not subject to any offset allowed under the 2 Department of the Treasury’s Offset Program, then the check for EAJA fees, expenses, and costs 3 shall be made payable to Plaintiff’s attorney, Elie Halpern, and delivered via check to Mr. 4 5 Halpern’s office at Elie Halpern & Associates, PLLC, 1800 Cooper Pt. Road SW, Bldg. 19, Olympia, WA 98502. 6 7 8 9 10 11 DATED this 21st day of January, 2014. A The Honorable Richard A. Jones United States District Court Judge 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ORDER FOR EAJA FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES [2:13-cv-125-RAJ-BAT] - 2 Elie Halpern & Associates, PLLC 1800 Cooper Pt. Road SW, Bldg. 19 Olympia, WA 98502 (360) 753-8055, Fax: (360) 753-8584 ehalpern@aol.com

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