1 Stuart T. Barasch, Esq. (State Bar No. 74108) 2 P.O. Box 961719 3 El Paso, TX 79996 Telephone: (213) 621-7622 4 Facsimile: (213) 289-1547 5 Email: [email protected] 6 Attorney for Plaintiff, 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 NESTOR GRAJEDA DIAZ, 11 Plaintiff, Civil No. 2:19-CV-05631 12 vs. 13 14 ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of ORDER AWARDING 15 Social Security, ATTORNEY’S FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO 16 Defendant JUSTICE ACT

(d) 17 18 19 Before the Court is the Stipulation of Plaintiff, Nestor Grajeda Diaz, for 20 award of attorney’s fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act,

2412(d). Based on the pleadings as well as the position of the defendant 22 23 commissioner, if any, and recognizing the Plaintiff’s waiver of direct payment and 24 assignment of EAJA to his counsel, 25 26 27 28 1 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that attorney fees and expenses in the amount of 2 Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 3 4

(d) are awarded to Plaintiff. Astrue v. Ratliff,

(2010). 6 If the U.S. Department of the Treasury determines that Plaintiff’s EAJA 7 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 and costs shall be made payable to Plaintiff’s attorney, Stuart Barasch. 12 Whether the check is made payable to Plaintiff or to Stuart Barasch, the 13 14 check shall be mailed to Attorney Stuart Barasch, at P.O. Box 961719, El Paso, TX 15 79996. 16 So ordered. 17 18 Date: __M__ar_c_h_ _1_1_, _2_0_2_0__ ____/_s/_ A__u_tu_m__n_ _D_. _S_p_a_e_th__________ Autumn D. Spaeth 19 United States Magistrate Judge 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28