Robinson v. Berryhill

Filing 31

ORDER signed by Chief Judge Pamela Pepper on 11/25/2020 GRANTING 30 stipulated motion for award of attorney fees under EAJA. Defendant to pay plaintiff award of attorney fees in the amount of $10,925 in full satisfaction and settlement of any and all claims plaintiff may have in this case under the EAJA. (cc: all counsel)(cb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN

BEULAH ROBINSON,
on behalf of A.R.,
Plaintiff,
Case No. 17-cv-1530-pp
v.
ANDREW M. SAUL,
Defendant.
ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED MOTION FOR AWARD UNDER THE
EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT (DKT. NO. 30)

On November 24, 2020, the parties filed a stipulated motion asking the
court to enter an order awarding attorneys’ fees under the Equal Access to
Justice Act. Dkt. No. 30.
The court GRANTS the stipulated motion for award under the EAJA.
Dkt. No. 30. The court ORDERS that the defendant shall pay to the plaintiff an
award of attorneys’ fees in the amount of $10,925, 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 25th day of November, 2020.
BY THE COURT:
_____________________________________
HON. PAMELA PEPPER
Chief United States District Judge

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