Smith v. Berryhill

Filing 21

ORDER Granting Plaintiff's 20 Motion for Leave to File a Surreply to the Commissioner's Response and Renoting 15 MOTION for EAJA Attorney Fees signed by Hon. Brian A Tsuchida. Plaintiff's Surreply due by 9/7/2018. Docket 15 is RENOTED for 9/7/2018. (KMP)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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MATTHEW SMITH,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Deputy
Commissioner of Social Security for Operations,

CASE NO. C17-1514 BAT
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF
LEAVE TO FILE A SURREPLY TO
THE COMMISSIONER’S RESPONSE
AND RENOTING MOTION FOR EAJA
ATTORNEY FEES

Defendant.
The Court GRANTS plaintiff’s motion for leave to file a surreply to the Commissioner’s

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response regarding the motion for bad-faith EAJA sanctions against government counsel. Dkt.

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20. Plaintiff should file a surreply by September 7, 2018, and the motion for EAJA attorney

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fees, Dkt. 15, is RENOTED for consideration on the same date. Plaintiff should include an

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updated timesheet that shows all time spent on responding/replying to the question of EAJA

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attorney fees and possible sanctions.

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DATED this 30th day of August, 2018.

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BRIAN A. TSUCHIDA
Chief United States Magistrate Judge

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ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF LEAVE TO FILE A SURREPLY TO
THE COMMISSIONER’S RESPONSE AND RENOTING MOTION FOR
EAJA ATTORNEY FEES - 1