Opinion
3:22-cv-0256-HRH
07-27-2023
JUNE FREEMAN, Plaintiff, v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
ORDER
H. Russel Holland United States District Judge
Motion for Attorney's Fees Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act
Docket No. 19.
Before the court is the motion of plaintiff, June Freeman, for an award of attorney fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). Based on the pleadings, as well as the non-opposition of the defendant commissioner, and recognizing the plaintiff's waiver of direct payment and assignment of EAJA to her counsel, plaintiff's motion is granted.
Docket No. 21.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that attorney fees in the total amount of Eleven Thousand, Eight Hundred Ninety-Nine Dollars and Thirty-Six Cents ($11,899.36), pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), are awarded to plaintiff. Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521 (2010).
The court hereby awards EAJA fees as follows:
Plaintiff is awarded fees for 2.7 hours at $234.95 per hour for work performed in 2022, and 46.4 hours at $242.78 per hour for work performed in 2023, for a total amount of $11,899.36 for attorney fees under 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d).
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 shall be made payable to plaintiff's attorney:
Maren A. Bam. Salus Law, PLLC 8513 W. 9th Avenue Kennewick, WA, 99336
So ordered.