Newcomb v Colvin

Filing 18

ORDER granting plaintiffs' 17 Motion for Attorney Fees signed by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour.(RS)

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THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 MICHAEL R. NEWCOMB, 10 Plaintiff, 11 CASE NO. C16-5253-JCC ORDER v. 12 13 NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Defendant. This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff Michael Newcomb’s unopposed1 motion for attorney fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (Dkt. No. 17). The motion is GRANTED. The Court AWARDS fees in the amount of $6,047.41, expenses in the amount of $20.22, and costs in the amount of $400.00, for a total of $6,467.63. This amount shall be awarded to Newcomb pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 U.S. 2521 (2010) and delivered to his counsel, Robert A. Friedman, at 3410 Broadway, Everett, WA 98201. If it is determined that Newcomb’s EAJA fees are not subject to any offset allowed under the Department of the Treasury’s Offset Program, then the check for EAJA fees shall be made payable to Robert A. Friedman, based upon Newcomb’s assignment of these amounts to his 24 25 26 1 The Commissioner’s response was due on Monday, June 5, 2017. See W.D. Wash. Local Civ. R. 7(d)(3). No response was filed by that date. ORDER PAGE - 1 1 attorney. 2 DATED this 7th day of June 2017. 3 4 5 A 6 7 8 John C. Coughenour UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ORDER PAGE - 2

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