1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 RYAN DOYLE, Case No. 2:24-cv-10210-TJH-KS 5 Plaintiff, 6 ORDER AWARDING EAJA FEES vs. 7 8 FRANK BISIGNANO,1 Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 9 10 Defendant. 11 12 WHEREAS The Plaintiff has filed a joint motion for seeking an award of 13 attorney’s fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act; it is hereby 14 ORDERED that the Plaintiff’s joint motion for attorney’s fees is GRANTED 15 16 and Plaintiff is awarded $8,000.00 in attorney’s fees. 17 Under Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S. Ct. 2521, 2528-29 (2010), EAJA fees belong 18 to Plaintiff and are subject to offset under the Treasury Offset Program, 31 U.S.C. § 19 20 3716(c)(3)(B). If, after receiving the Court’s EAJA fee order, the Commissioner 21 determines that Plaintiff has assigned the right to EAJA fees to counsel and Plaintiff 22 23 24 1 Frank Bisignano became the Commissioner of Social Security in May 2025. 25 Pursuant to Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Frank Bisignano 26 should be substituted for Leland Dudek as the defendant in this suit. No further action need be taken to continue this suit by reason of the last sentence of section 27 205(g) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). 1 || does not owe a debt that is subject to offset under the Treasury Offset Program, then 2 || EAJA fees may be made payable to Plaintiff’s counsel, KONOSKI & PARTNERS, P.C., by either electronic funds transfer or check. If Plaintiff owes a debt under the

5 || Treasury Offset Program, any remaining EAJA fees after offset will be made by 6 || check payable to Plaintiff. 7 8 9 10 || DATED: June 2, 2025 Puen: Aloasensrn

HOW. KAREN L. STEVENSON

1 CHIEF U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

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