Knigge v. Berryhill

Filing 23

ORDER GRANTING 21 EAJA 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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ELISA M. KNIGGE,
Plaintiff,

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CASE NO. 3:18-cv-05283-BAT
ORDER GRANTING EAJA FEES AND
COSTS

v.
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,
Defendant.

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Plaintiff requests attorney’s fees in the amount of $5,390.72 and expenses in the sum of

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$5.35 pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, § 2412 (“EAJA”). Dkt. 21. The Commissioner

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has no objection to the request. Dkt. 22. The Court agrees that EAJA fees and expenses should

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be awarded, good cause having been shown.

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Accordingly, it is ORDERED that Plaintiff is hereby awarded EAJA fees of $5,390.72

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and expenses in the sum of $5.35. Subject to any offset allowed under the Treasury Offset

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Program, as discussed in Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S. Ct. 2521, 560 U.S. __ (2010), payment of this

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award shall be sent to Plaintiff’s attorney Eitan Kassel Yanich at his address: Eitan Kassel

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Yanich, PLLC, 203 Fourth Avenue E., Suite 321, Olympia, WA. 98501.

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DATED this 18th day of March, 2019.

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BRIAN A. TSUCHIDA
Chief United States Magistrate Judge

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