Latosha Latrice Nowden v. Commissioner of Social Security

1 STUART T. BARASCH, ESQ.

Of Counsel, Olinsky Law Group P.O. Box 961718 El Paso, TX 79996 Telephone: (213) 621-7622 Facsimile: (213) 621-2536 Email: [email protected] Attorney for Plaintiff, Sergio Martin NICOLA T. HANNA. ESQ.

8 United States Attorney DAVID M. HARRIS, ESQ.

Assistant United States Attorney Chief, Civil Division CEDINA M. KIM, ESQ.

Assistant United States Attorney IN SEON JEONG Special Assistant United States Attorney Social Security Administration Spear Street, Suite 800 San Francisco, CA 94105 Telephone: (415) 977-8984 Email: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA-RIVERSIDE DIVISION LATOSHA LATRICE NOWDEN, 23 Plaintiff, CASE NO.: 5:18-cv-02475-SP 24 -v- COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.

1 ORDER AWARDING ATTORNEY’S FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (d) Before the Court is the Stipulation of Plaintiff, Latosha Latrice Nowden, for award of attorney’s fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 7 2412(d). Based on the pleadings as well as the position of the defendant commissioner, if any, and recognizing the Plaintiff’s waiver of direct payment and assignment of EAJA to her counsel, 13 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that attorney fees and expenses in the amount of Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00) pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 15 U.S.C. § 2412(d) are awarded to Plaintiff. Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521 (2010).

If the U.S. Department of the Treasury determines that Plaintiff’s EAJA fees, expenses, and costs are not subject to offset allowed under the Department of the Treasury’s Offset Program (TOPS), then the check for EAJA fees, expenses, and costs shall be made payable to Plaintiff’s attorney’s Law Firm Olinsky Law Group.

1 Whether the check is made payable to Plaintiff or to Olinsky Law Group, the check shall be mailed to the following address: Olinsky Law Group 6 250 S Clinton St Ste 210 Syracuse, NY 13202 So ordered.

10 Date: July 29, 2020 ______________________________ Sheri Pym United States Magistrate Judge