Opinion
Case No. C12-5358RSL
05-14-2013
JACKIE L. GERRITY, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
ORDER GRANTING EAJA FEES
AND EXPENSES
The Court having considered the Report and Recommendation of the Honorable Brian A. Tsuchida, United States Magistrate Judge, and the record, ORDERS:
(1) The Court adopts the Report and Recommendation.
(2) $4,326.34 in EAJA attorney fees and $17.25 in expenses shall be awarded to plaintiff under Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S. Ct. 2521 (2010) and delivered to plaintiff's counsel Robert A. Friedman. If the U.S. Department of Treasury determines plaintiff's EAJA fees and expenses are not subject to any offset allowed under the Department of the Treasury's Offset Program, then a check for the EAJA fees and expenses shall be made payable to plaintiff's attorney, Robert A. Friedman, based upon plaintiff's assignment of these amounts to him.
(3) The Clerk is directed to send copies of this Order to the parties and to Judge Brian A. Tsuchida.
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Robert S. Lasnik
United States District Judge