Opinion
8:21-CV-01683-KK
07-18-2022
JOSEPH ALCARAZ, Plaintiff, v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
ORDER PROPOSED ORDER AWARDING ATTORNEY'S FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (D)
Hon. Kenly Kiya Kato United States Magistrate Judge.
Before the Court is a Stipulation for Attorney's Fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). Based on the stipulation of the parties and recognizing Plaintiff's waiver of direct payment and assignment of EAJA to his counsel,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that attorney fees and expenses in the amount of Two Thousand Seven Hundred Five Dollars and Forty-Six Cents ($2,705.46) pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) are awarded to Plaintiff.
If the U.S. Department of the Treasury determines that Plaintiff's EAJA fees, expenses, and costs are not subject to offset allowed under the Department of the Treasury's Offset Program (TOPS), then the check for EAJA fees, expenses, and costs may be made payable to Olinsky Law Group. Any payment of costs may be made either by electronic fund transfer (EFT) or by check.
So ordered.