Opinion
1:21-cv-00703-GTS-ATB
01-07-2022
Kelsie N. Ridge Plaintiff, v. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration Defendant.
Kilolo Kijakazi, By Her Attorneys Kelsie N. Ridge By Her Attorney Carla B. Freedman, United States Attorney Lisa G. Smoller Special Assistant United States Attorney Michael J. Telfer
Kilolo Kijakazi, By Her Attorneys
Kelsie N. Ridge By Her Attorney
Carla B. Freedman, United States Attorney
Lisa G. Smoller Special Assistant United States Attorney
Signed by Michael Telfer with Lisa Smoller's permission.
Michael J. Telfer
CONSENT ORDER FOR PAYMENT OF FEES UNDER THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT
HON. GLENN T. SUDDABY CHIEF U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
Document Electronically Filed
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by the undersigned attorneys for the parties in the above-titled action that Plaintiff be awarded attorney fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) (28 U.S.C. § 2412) in the amount of eight-thousand, five hundred seventy-one dollars, and seventy-nine cents ($8,571.79).
The award of attorney fees will satisfy all of Plaintiff s claims for fees, costs, and expenses under 28 U.S.C. § 2412 in this case. Any fees paid belong to Plaintiff and not to her attorney, and can be offset to satisfy pre-existing debt that Plaintiff owes the United States. Astrue v. Ratliff 560 U.S. 586 (2010). After the Court enters this award, if Defendant can verify that Plaintiff owes no preexisting debt subject to offset, Defendant agrees to make the award payable to Plaintiffs attorney pursuant to the EAJA assignment signed by Plaintiff and counsel.
AND, the Court having reviewed the record in this matter;
IT IS on this 7th day of January 2022;
ORDERED that Plaintiff be awarded fees under EAJA in the amount of $8,571.79, and that the fees are payable to the Plaintiff, but if Plaintiff does not owe a debt subject to offset, payable to Plaintiffs attorney.
The undersigned hereby consent to the form and entry of the within order.