UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVILLE DIVISION 1:22-cv-00258-RJC

MARIA NORMAN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) ORDER KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ) Acting Commissioner of Social Security ) Administration, ) ) Defendant. ) )

THIS MATTER is before the Court on Plaintiff’s Consent Motion for Attorney Fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”),

, (Doc. No. 15). Plaintiff indicates that Defendant has consented to this Motion, and Defendant has not objected to the requested fees and the time for doing so has expired. (Id.). Having reviewed the Motion, the Court determines that Plaintiff should be awarded attorney fees under EAJA,

(d), in the amount of $5,812.75. IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorney Fees, (Doc. No. 15), is GRANTED. The Court will award attorney fees in the amount of $5,812.75, and pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff,

(2010), the fee award will first be subject to offset of any debt Plaintiff may owe to the United States. The Commissioner will determine whether Plaintiff owes a debt to the United States. If so, that debt will be satisfied first, and if any funds remain, they will be made payable to Plaintiff and mailed to Plaintiff’s counsel. If the United States Department of the Treasury reports to the Commissioner that the Plaintiff does not owe any debt, the Government will exercise its discretion and honor an assignment of EAJA fees, and pay those fees directly to Plaintiff's counsel. No additional petition pursuant to

(d) shall be filed. SO ORDERED. Signed: September 28, 2023

Otef$ 4 Cr Of Robert J. Conrad, Jr. ‘ey United States District Judge “ee