Eibl v. Berryhill

Filing 22

ORDER signed by Judge Pamela Pepper on 3/27/2019 APPROVING 21 stipulation for award of attorney fees under the EAJA. Defendant to pay award of $5,700 to plaintiff in full satisfaction and settlement of any and all claims plaintiff may have under the EAJA. (cc: all counsel)(cb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN

SARAH C. EIBL,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 17-cv-240-pp

NANCY A. BERRYHILL,
Defendant.

ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION FOR AWARD UNDER THE EQUAL
ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT (DKT. NO. 21)

On March 26, 2019, the parties filed a stipulation, asking the court to
enter an order awarding attorneys’ fees. Dkt. No. 21.
The court APPROVES the stipulation for award under the EAJA. Dkt. No.
21. The court ORDERS that the defendant shall pay to the plaintiff an award of
attorneys’ fees in the amount of $5,700.00, in full satisfaction and settlement
of any and all claims the plaintiff may have in this case under the EAJA. The
court awards these fees and costs to the plaintiff, not the plaintiff’s attorney,
and under Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586 (2010), the United States may offset
the award to satisfy pre-existing debts that the litigant owes the United States.
If counsel for the parties verify that the plaintiff owes no pre-existing debt
subject to offset, the defendant shall direct that the award be made payable to
the plaintiff’s attorney, pursuant to the EAJA assignment duly signed by the
plaintiff and counsel.
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Dated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this 27th day of March, 2019.
BY THE COURT:
_____________________________________
HON. PAMELA PEPPER
United States District Judge

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