Opinion
5:23-CV-00590-ADS
06-12-2024
LINDA LOUISE BOURGEOIS, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.
STUART T. BARASCH, ESQ. Attorney for Plaintiff, Linda Louise Bourgeois
STUART T. BARASCH, ESQ. Attorney for Plaintiff, Linda Louise Bourgeois
ORDER AWARDING ATTORNEY'S FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (D)
Autumn D. Spaeth 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 pleadings as well as the position of defendant commissioner, and recognizing Plaintiff's waiver of direct payment and assignment of EAJA to her counsel,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that attorney fees in the amount of Six Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($6,000.00) pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), and costs in the amount of Four Hundred Two Dollars and Zero Cents ($402.00) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1920 are awarded to Plaintiff.
If the U.S. Department of the Treasury determines that Plaintiff's EAJA fees are not subject to offset allowed under the Department of the Treasury's Offset Program (TOPS), then the check may be made payable to Plaintiff's Attorney's Of Counsel firm, Olinsky Law Group EIN 26-2258247
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.