Opinion
1:23-CV-0620-GTS-TWD
12-17-2024
CASANDRA VARGAS, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN COLVIN[1], ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.
CARLA B. FREEDMAN United States Attorney VERNON NORWOOD Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Office of Program Litigation, Office 2 Office of the General Counsel Social Security Administration HILLER COMERFORD INJURY & DISABILITY LAW, PLLC Attorneys for Plaintiff JUSTIN M. GOLDSTEIN
CARLA B. FREEDMAN
United States Attorney
VERNON NORWOOD
Special Assistant U.S. Attorney
Office of Program Litigation, Office 2
Office of the General Counsel
Social Security Administration
HILLER COMERFORD INJURY & DISABILITY LAW, PLLC
Attorneys for Plaintiff
JUSTIN M. GOLDSTEIN
STIPULATION FOR ATTORNEY FEES
GLENN T. SUDDABY, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Vernon Norwood, Special Assistant United States Attorney, for Carla B. Freedman, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, attorneys for the defendant herein, and Justin M. Goldstein, Esq., attorney for the Plaintiff, that the Commissioner of Social Security shall pay Plaintiff the sum of $7,123.34 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 as this case was filed in forma pauperis.
SO ORDERED: