UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ____________ _________________ KIMBERLY B , ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) Case No. 5:21-cv-00667-DNH-CFH v. ) ) KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ) ACTING COMMISSIONER OF ) SOCIAL SECURITY, ) ELECTRONICALLY FILED ) Defendant. ) Consent Order for Payment of Fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by the undersigned attorneys for the parties in the above-titled action that Plaintiff be awarded attorney fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) (

) in the amount of six-thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars ($6,750.00), and four hundred and two dollars ($402.00) in costs. The award of attorney fees will satisfy all of Plaintiff’s claims for fees, costs, and expenses under

in this case. Any fees paid belong to Plaintiff and not to his attorney and can be offset to satisfy pre-existing debt that Plaintiff owes the United States. Astrue v. Ratliff,

(2010). After the Court enters this award, if Defendant can verify that Plaintiff owes no preexisting debt subject to offset, Defendant agrees to make the award payable to Plaintiff’s attorney pursuant to the EAJA assignment signed by Plaintiff and counsel. AND, the Court having reviewed the record in this matter; IT IS on this 1_0_t_h__ day of ___M_a_y________ , 2022; ORDERED that Plaintiff be awarded fees and expenses in the amount of $6,750.00, and $402.00 in costs under EAJA, and that the fees are payable to the Plaintiff, but if Plaintiff does not owe a debt subject to offset, payable to Plaintiff’s attorney. ORDERED that the within matter is dismissed with prejudic« Hnntimtel per st ee

David ff / U.S. Disfrict Judge HON. DAVID 1 5-10-22 UNITED STAT jyiteg. The undersigned hereby consent to the form and entry of the within order. Dated: May 9, 2022 Kilolo Kijakazi, Kimberly Ba By Her Attorneys, By Her Attorney, Carla B. Freedman, United States Attorney /s/ Jessica Richards /s/ John W_DeHaan' Jessica Richards John W. DeHaan. Esq. Special Assistant United States Attorney The DeHaan Law Firm, P.C. N.D.N.Y. Bar Roll No. 700996 300 Rabro Drive East Social Security Administration Suite 101 Office of the General Counsel Hauppauge, NY 11788 J.F.K. Federal Building, Room 625 (631) 582-1200 Boston, MA 02203 [email protected] (617) 565-1833 [email protected]

' Signed by Attorney Jessica Richards with Attorney John W. DeHaan’s permission, provided via e-mail on May 9, 2022.