Suits, Jr. v. Colvin

Filing 25

ORDER granting Plaintiff's unopposed 22 Motion for Attorney Fees in the amount of $3,005.81. Signed by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. (PM)

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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 ROBERT SUITS, JR., 10 Plaintiff, ORDER v. 11 12 CASE NO. C16-5476-JCC NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security 13 Defendant. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff’s unopposed motion for attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (Dkt. No. 22). Plaintiff’s motion is GRANTED. It is hereby ORDERED that attorney fees in the amount of $3,005.81 shall be awarded to Plaintiff pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412. Attorney fees will be paid to Plaintiff’s attorney, dependent upon verification that Plaintiff has no debt which qualifies for offset against the awarded fees, pursuant to the Treasury Offset Program as discussed in Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521 (2010). Attorney fees are paid pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1920. If Plaintiff has no such debt, then the check shall be made out to Plaintiff’s attorney and mailed to Plaintiff’s attorney’s office as follows: // ORDER PAGE - 1 1 Kevin Kerr 2 P.O. Box 14490 3 Portland, OR 97293. 4 5 If Plaintiff has a debt, then the check for any remaining funds after offset of the debt shall be made to Plaintiff and mailed to Plaintiff's attorney’s office at the address stated above. 6 7 DATED this 4th day of April, 2017. A 8 9 10 John C. Coughenour UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ORDER PAGE - 2

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