Whitting v. Berryhill

Filing 19

ORDER granting 18 Motion for Attorney Fees signed by Judge J Richard Creatura.(SH)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 9 10 RACHEL WHITTING, Plaintiff, 11 v. 12 13 14 NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, CASE NO. 2:17-CV-00110-JRC ORDER ON STIPULATED MOTION FOR EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT FEES Defendant. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 This Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), Fed. R. Civ. P. 73 and Local Magistrate Judge Rule MJR 13. See also Notice of Initial Assignment to a U.S. Magistrate Judge and Consent Form, Dkt. 5; Consent to Proceed Before a United States Magistrate Judge, Dkt. 6. This matter is before the Court on plaintiff’s Stipulated Motion for Attorney’s Fees. See Dkt. 18. Based on the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412, (“EAJA”), the Stipulation of the parties (see Dkt. 18), the attorney declaration and time and expense itemizations (Dkt. 18, Attachments 2, 3), and the relevant record, it is hereby ORDERED that EAJA attorney’s fees of ORDER ON STIPULATED MOTION FOR EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT FEES - 1 1 $2,587.60, shall be awarded to plaintiff pursuant to the EAJA and consistent with Astrue v. 2 Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521, 2524, 2010 U.S. LEXIS 4763 at ***6-***7 (2010). 3 The Acting Commissioner shall contact the Department of Treasury after the Order for 4 EAJA fees is entered to determine if the EAJA fees are subject to any offset. If it is determined 5 that plaintiff’s EAJA fees are not subject to any offset allowed pursuant to the Department of the 6 Treasury’s Offset Program, then the check for EAJA fees shall be made payable to Victoria B. 7 Chhagen, Esq., based on plaintiff’s assignment of these amounts to plaintiff’s attorney. See 8 Plaintiff’s Declaration Regarding Net Worth and Payment of EAJA Fees and Federal Retainer 9 Agreement, Dkt. 18, Attachments 4, 5. If there is an offset, the remainder shall be made payable 10 to plaintiff, based on the practice of the Department of the Treasury. See, e.g., Case No. 2:15-cv- 11 122, Dkt. 22, p. 4. Any check for EAJA fees shall be mailed to plaintiff’s counsel, Victoria B. 12 Chhagen, Esq., at Douglas, Drachler, McKee & Gilbrough, 1904 Third Avenue, Seattle WA 13 98101. 14 Dated this 31st day of July, 2017. A 15 16 J. Richard Creatura United States Magistrate Judge 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ORDER ON STIPULATED MOTION FOR EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT FEES - 2

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