UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION JOMO T.1 ) Plaintiff, ) ) Civil Action No. 3:21-cv-00105 v. ) ) KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ) ACTING COMMISSIONER OF ) SOCIAL SECURITY, ) Magistrate Judge Silvain ) 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. #18) is GRANTED, and the Commissioner shall pay Plaintiff’s attorney fees in the amount of $4,900.00 and costs in the amount of $00.00, for a total of $4,900.00; 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. November 10, 2022 s_/_P_e_te_r_ B__. _S_il_v_a_in_,_ J_r_.________ Peter B. Silvain, Jr. United States Magistrate Judge