Bouvia v. Commissioner of Social Security ( 2021 )

1 U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE THERESA L. FRICKE 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 | TASHA M. BOUVIA, ) 9 ) CIVIL NO. 3:19-cv-5109-TLF Plaintiff, ) 10 ) ORDER FOR EAJA FEES AND VS. ) EXPENSES 11 ) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, ) 12 ) Defendant. ) 13 ) 14 i. THIS MATTER having come on regularly before the undersigned upon Plaintiff's 1 ° Motion to Award EAJA Fees and Expenses, and the Court agreeing that EAJA fees and 1 6 expenses should be awarded, good cause having been shown, now, therefore, it is hereby M ORDERED that Plaintiff is hereby awarded EAJA fees of $5,274.99 and expenses 18 in the sum of $48.85. Subject to any offset allowed under the Treasury Offset Program, 1 as discussed in Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S. Ct. 2521, 560 U.S. _ (2010), payment of this 2 0 award shall be sent to Plaintiffs attorney Eitan Kassel Yanich at his address: Eitan 21 Kassel Yanich, PLLC, 203 Fourth Avenue E., Suite 321, Olympia, WA. 98501. 22 After the Court issues the order for EAJA fees and expenses, the Commissioner 23 will consider the matter of Plaintiff's assignment of EAJA fees and expenses to Plaintiff's ORDER FOR EAJA FEES AND EXPENSES - (3:19-cv-5109-TLF] - 1 1 | attorney. Pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, the ability to honor the assignment will depend on 2 | whether the EAJA fees and expenses are subject to any offset allowed under the Treasury 3 | Offset Program. The Commissioner agrees to contact the Department of Treasury after 4 | the order for EAJA fees and expenses is entered to determine whether the EAJA fees and 5 | expenses are subject to any offset. If the EAJA fees and expenses are not subject to any 6 | offset, the EAJA attorney’s fees and expenses will be paid directly to plaintiff's attorney 7 | Eitan Kassel Yanich, either by direct deposit or by check payable to him and mailed to 8 | his address. 9 DATED this 291" ay aoe x Ade. 10 TN THERESA L. FRICKE 1 United States Magistrate Judge 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ORDER FOR EAJA FEES AND EXPENSES - (3:19-cv-5109-TLF] - 2