Williams v. Berryhill

Filing 19

ORDER GRANTING 18 unopposed Motion for Attorney Fees and Costs signed by Hon. Brian A Tsuchida.(AE)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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PEGGY LOUISE WILLIAMS,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting
Commissioner of Social Security,

CASE NO. 3:17-cv-5270 BAT
ORDER GRANTING UNOPPOSED
MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES AND
COSTS

Defendant.
Based upon Plaintiff’s unopposed motion for attorney fees and costs (Dkt. 18), which

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Defendant does not oppose, it is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiff shall have a judgment against

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the defendant for attorney’s fees and expenses pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act

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(“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, et. seq. in the amount of $7,681.24 for attorney’s fees and paralegal

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fees, and expenses in the sum of $19.77 for service of the summons and complaint in this matter,

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for a total award of $7,971.01.

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It is further ORDERED that in accordance with Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586, 586

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(2010), Plaintiff’s EAJA fees and expenses award is subject to any offset allowed pursuant to the

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Department of the Treasury’s Offset Program. If it is determined that Plaintiff’s EAJA award is

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not the subject to any offset allowed pursuant to the Department of the Treasury’s Offset

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Program, then the check for the EAJA fees and expenses shall be made payable to and mailed to

ORDER GRANTING UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES
AND COSTS - 1

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Plaintiff’s counsel, Charles W. Talbot, Esq., at Talbot and Associates, P.S., 5005 Center Street,

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Suite E, Tacoma, Washington 98409.

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DATED this 5th day of October, 2017.

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BRIAN A. TSUCHIDA
United States Magistrate Judge

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ORDER GRANTING UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES
AND COSTS - 2