UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION ) Jamie H.,1 ) Plaintiff, ) Civil Action No. 3:21-cv-00005 ) v. ) ) Magistrate Judge Silvain ) Kilolo Kijakazi, ) Acting Commissioner of Social Security, ) Defendant. ) ORDER This cause coming before the Court on the joint motion of the parties, due notice having been given, and the Court being fully advised, IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT: 1. The Parties' Joint Stipulation for an Award of Attorney's Fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (Doc. #19)is GRANTED and the Commissioner shall pay Plaintiff's attorney fees in the amount of $3,800.00. 2. Counsel for the parties shall verify whether or not Plaintiff owes a preexisting debt to the United States subject to offset, consistent with Astrue v. Ratliff,

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(2010). If no such pre-existing debt exists, Defendant shall pay the EAJA award directly to Plaintiff’s counsel pursuant to the EAJA assignment signed by Plaintiff and counsel; and 3. The case remains terminated on the docket of this Court. IT IS SO ORDERED. August 18, 2022 _s/_P_e_t_er_ _B_. _S_i_lv_a_i_n_, _Jr_.__________ Peter B. Silvain, Jr. United States Magistrate Judge