Kevin Carey v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN CAREY, Case No. 2:24-cv-05609-SK

5 Plaintiff, ORDER AWARDING EAJA FEES 6 vs.

FRANK BISIGNANO, Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

11 12 WHEREAS The Plaintiff has filed a joint motion for seeking an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act; it is hereby 15 ORDERED that the Plaintiff’s joint motion for attorney’s fees is GRANTED 16 and Plaintiff is awarded $9,500.00 in attorney’s fees. Under Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S. Ct. 2521, 2528-29 (2010), EAJA fees belong 19 to Plaintiff and are subject to offset under the Treasury Offset Program, 31 U.S.C. § 20 3716(c)(3)(B). If, after receiving the Court’s EAJA fee order, the Commissioner determines that Plaintiff has assigned the right to EAJA fees to counsel and Plaintiff 23 does not owe a debt that is subject to offset under the Treasury Offset Program, then 24 EAJA fees may be made payable to Plaintiff’s counsel, KONOSKI & PARTNERS, 26 P.C., by either electronic funds transfer or check. If Plaintiff owes a debt under the…