Opinion
1:22-cv-01022-STA-cgc
06-13-2023
CARMON MICHELLE STEWART, Plaintiff, v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.
ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES
S. THOMAS ANDERSON UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Before the Court is Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney's Fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (D.E. 22). The parties conferred and agreed to settle the matter for $7,800.00.
It is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiff Carmon Michelle Stewart is awarded attorney's fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”) in the amount of $7,800.00 made payable to Plaintiff's attorney, as Plaintiff has assigned these funds to her attorney.
Remittance of the awarded attorney's fees will be contingent upon a determination by the Government that Plaintiff owes no debt(s) to the Government that is subject to offset. If such a debt(s) exits, the Government may make the entire EAJA fee payable to Plaintiff and then use the EAJA fee as an offset to the debt. See 31 C.F.R. § 285.5(e)(6)(ii); Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586 (2010).
IT IS SO ORDERED.