Kallahb Elijah Vega v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Full title: KALLAHB ELIJAH VEGA, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY…

Court: United States District Court, Central District of California

Date published: Mar 25, 2024

5:23-CV-00322-JPR (C.D. Cal. Mar. 25, 2024)

Opinion

5:23-CV-00322-JPR

03-25-2024

KALLAHB ELIJAH VEGA, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.

STUART T. BARASCH, ESQ. Of Counsel, Olinsky Law Group Attorney for Plaintiff, Kallahb Elijah Vega

JEAN P. ROSENBLUTH, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.

STUART T. BARASCH, ESQ.

Of Counsel, Olinsky Law Group

Attorney for Plaintiff, Kallahb Elijah Vega

AMENDED ORDER AWARDING ATTORNEY'S FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (d)

JEAN P. ROSENBLUTH, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.

Before the Court is a Motion for Attorney's Fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). Based on the pleadings as well as the position of defendant commissioner, and recognizing Plaintiff's waiver of direct payment and assignment of EAJA to his counsel,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that attorney fees in the amount of Four Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($4,700.00) 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 Plaintiff's Attorneys Of Counsel firm, Olinsky Law Group EIN 26-2258247

Any payment of costs may be made either by electronic transfer fund (EFT) or by check.

Whether the check is made payable to Plaintiff or to Olinsky Law Group, the check shall be mailed to the following address:

Olinsky Law Group

250 S Clinton St Ste 210

Syracuse NY 13202

So ordered.