Opinion
1:20-CV-7640 (PAE-SDA)
12-17-2021
VENTURA RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff, v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, [1] Defendant.
DAMIAN WILLIAMS DANIEL BERGER United States Attorney Attorney for the Defendant JOSHUA LENARD KERSHNER Special Assistant United States Attorney DANIEL BERGER NY Disability, LLC Attorney for the Plaintiff
DAMIAN WILLIAMS DANIEL BERGER United States Attorney Attorney for the Defendant
JOSHUA LENARD KERSHNER Special Assistant United States Attorney
DANIEL BERGER NY Disability, LLC Attorney for the Plaintiff
STIPULATION FOR ALLOWANCE OF FEES UNDER THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE PAUL A. ENGELMAYER
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Joshua Lenard Kershner, Special Assistant United States Attorney, for Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, attorneys for the Defendant herein, and Daniel Berger, Esq., attorney for the Plaintiff, that the Commissioner of Social Security pay to the Plaintiff attorney fees in the amount of eight thousand dollars ($8, 000.00), pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, in full satisfaction of any and all claims under the EAJA. The attorney fees may be paid to Plaintiffs counsel if Plaintiff agrees to assign the fees to counsel, and provided that Plaintiff owes no debt to the Federal Government that is subject to offset under the U.S. Treasury Offset Program, It is further agreed that Plaintiff is awarded costs under 28 U.S.C. § 1920 in the amount of zero dollars ($0.00) as the case was filed in forma pauperis. 1
The Clerk of the Court is respectfully directed to terminate the motion pending at Docket 20.
SO ORDERED: 2