Deboer v. Berryhill

Filing 26

ORDER signed by Chief Judge Pamela Pepper on 11/2/2020 APPROVING 25 stipulation for attorney fees under EAJA. Defendant to pay plaintiff award of $11,500 in attorney fees and $400 in costs in full satisfaction and settlement of any and all claims plaintiff may have in this case under EAJA. (cc: all counsel)(cb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN

KATRINA DEBOER,
Plaintiff,
Case No. 17-cv-1451-pp
v.
ANDREW M. SAUL,
Defendant.

ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION FOR AWARD UNDER THE EQUAL
ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT (DKT. NO. 25)

On October 30, 2020, the parties filed a stipulation, asking the court to
enter an order awarding attorneys’ fees and costs under the Equal Access to
Justice Act. Dkt. No. 25.
The court APPROVES the stipulation for award under the EAJA. Dkt. No.
25. The court ORDERS that the defendant shall pay to the plaintiff an award of
attorneys’ fees in the amount of $11,500 and costs in the amount of $400, 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
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the plaintiff’s attorney, pursuant to the EAJA assignment duly signed by the
plaintiff and counsel.
Dated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this 2nd day of November, 2020.
BY THE COURT:
_____________________________________
HON. PAMELA PEPPER
Chief United States District Judge

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