Taylor v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Full title: ROBERT TAYLOR, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.

Court: United States District Court, N.D. New York

Date published: May 31, 2023

3:21-CV-01120 (DEP) (N.D.N.Y. May. 31, 2023)

Opinion

3:21-CV-01120 (DEP)

05-31-2023

ROBERT TAYLOR, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.

CARLA B. FREEMAN United States Attorney VERNON NORWOOD Special Assistant United States Attorney Office of Program Litigation, Office 2 Office of the General Counsel Social Security Administration LACHMAN GORTON LAW FIRM Attorneys for Plaintiff PETER GORTON, Esq.

DAVID E. PEEBLES UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

CARLA B. FREEMAN United States Attorney VERNON NORWOOD Special Assistant United States Attorney Office of Program Litigation, Office 2 Office of the General Counsel Social Security Administration

LACHMAN GORTON LAW FIRM Attorneys for Plaintiff PETER GORTON, Esq.

STIPULATION FOR ATTORNEY FEES

DAVID E. PEEBLES UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Vernon Norwood, Special Assistant United States Attorney, for Carla B. Freeman, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, attorneys for the defendant herein, and Peter A. Gorton, Esq., attorney for the Plaintiff, that the Acting Commissioner of Social Security shall pay Plaintiff the sum of $6,366.25 in attorney's fees 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 Plaintiff's counsel if Plaintiff agrees to assign the fees to counsel and provided 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 $0.00 as this case was filed in forma pauperis.

DATED: Syracuse, New York, May 30, 2023

SO ORDERED: