(SS) Tabor v. Commissioner of Social Security ( 2023 )

Jennifer Dunn, Esq. 1 Pro Hac Vice Attorney for Plaintiff 2 BBO No. 667726 Dunn Law, PLLC 3 890 Winter Street, Suite 230 4 Waltham, MA 02451 Phone: 781-478-7081 5 Fax: 781-478-7406 6 jdunn@dunnlawfirmpllc.com 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 DARTAGNON TABOR, ) ) 10 Plaintiff, ) vs. ) Case No.: 2:22-cv-01249-JDP 11 ) 12 KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ) ) [PROPOSED] 13 Acting Commissioner of Social ) ORDER FOR ALLOWANCE OF FEES 14 ) UNDER THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE Security Administration, ) ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412 15 ) Defendant. ) 16 ____________________________________) 17 Based upon the parties’ Stipulation for Allowance of Fees under the Equal Access to 18 Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff shall be awarded attorney 19 20 fees in the amount of $8,000.00 (eight-thousand dollars and zero cents) under the EAJA, 28 21 U.S.C. § 2412(d) and $402.00 (four-hundred and two dollars) in costs under 28 U.S.C. § 2412(a), 22 in full satisfaction of any and all claims that may be payable to plaintiff in this matter under the 23 Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. 24 Such award is made in full and final satisfaction (upon payment) of any and all claims under 25 26 the EAJA for fees, expenses, and costs. 27 Any fees paid belong to Plaintiff and not Plaintiff’s attorney and can be offset to satisfy any 28 pre-existing debt that the litigant owes the United States, Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586 (2010). If ee I III OE II IRI IIE ES IDE SIE IIE Defendant can verify that Plaintiff does not owe a pre-existing debt to the government subject to the 2 || offset, Defendant will direct that the award be made payable to Plaintiffs attorney pursuant to the 3 || EAJA assignment duly signed by Plaintiff and counsel. 4 5 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: _ October 2, 2023 Q_——. 8 JEREMY D. PETERSON 9 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28