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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

8 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA- WESTERN DIVISION 9 10 RICKY BRIAN VOLLMER, 11 Plaintiff, CASE NO.: 2:19-cv-09466-PVC 12 13 -v-

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,

14 15 Defendant. 16

ORDER AWARDING ATTORNEY’S FEES

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PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO

18 JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (d) 19 20 Before the Court is the Stipulation of Plaintiff, Ricky Brian Vollmer, for 21 award of attorney’s fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 22 23 2412(d). Based on the pleadings as well as the position of the defendant 24 Commissioner, and recognizing the Plaintiff’s waiver of direct payment and 25 assignment of EAJA to his counsel, 26 27 28 1 1 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that attorney fees and expenses in the amount o 2 Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty Dollars and Eighty-Two Cents ($8,760.82) 3 4 || pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) are awarded to > || Plaintiff. Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521 (2010). 6 4 If the U.S. Department of the Treasury determines that Plaintiff's EAJA 8 || fees, expenses, and costs are not subject to offset allowed under the Department of 9 the Treasury’s Offset Program (TOPS), then the check for EAJA fees, expenses, 10 11 costs shall be made payable to Plaintiffs attorney’s Law Firm Olinsky Law ‘2 Group. 13 4 Whether the check is made payable to Plaintiff or to Olinsky Law Group, the 1! check shall be mailed to the following address: 16 Olinsky Law Group M 250 S. Clinton St. Ste 210 18 Syracuse, NY 13202 19 20 | IT IS SO ORDERED. 21 Lik. Ni-— Date: December 9, 2020 _ [2 3 United States Magistrate Judge 24 25 26 27 28