Koch v. Commissioner of Social Security ( 2022 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 U.S. Magistrate Judge Theresa L. Fricke 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON TACOMA DIVISION 9 10 RICHARD KOCH, 3:20-cv-05614-TLF Plaintiff, 11 vs. 12 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, ORDER 13 Defendant. 14 It is hereby ORDERED that attorney fees in the amount of $3,270.21 shall be awarded to 15 Plaintiff pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412. Attorney fees will be 16 paid to Plaintiff’s attorney, dependent upon verification that Plaintiff has no debt which qualifies 17 for offset against the awarded fees, pursuant to the Treasury Offset Program as discussed in 18 Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521 (2010). 19 If Plaintiff has no such debt, then the fees shall be delivered via electronic funds transfer 20 or by check made out to Plaintiff’s attorney and mailed to Plaintiff’s attorney’s office1 as 21 follows: NW Disability benefits, LLC dba Kerr Robichaux & Carroll (TID 85-3999428), P.O. 22 1 Formerly known as Schneider Kerr & Robichaux. 1 Box 14490, Portland, OR 97293. If Plaintiff has a debt, then any remaining funds after offset of 2 the debt shall be made to Plaintiff and sent via electronic funds transfer or by check mailed to 3 Plaintiff's attorney's office at the address stated above. 4 5 DATED this 16th day of February, 2022. 6 ____________A___________________________________ 7 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 8 9 10 11 12 13 Presented by: 14 s/ Kevin Kerr KEVIN KERR, WSB #47715 15 Kerr Robichaux & Carroll PO Box 14490 16 Portland, OR 97293 (503)255-9092 17 kevin.kerr@nwdisabilitybenefits.com 18 19 20 21 22