UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION

MICHELLE B.,

Plaintiff, Case No. 2:23-cv-4222 v. JUDGE EDMUND A. SARGUS, JR. Magistrate Judge Peter B. Silvain, Jr.

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,

Defendant.

ORDER This matter is before the Court on the parties’ Joint Motion for Attorneys’ Fees Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA),

. (ECF No. 17.) The Court hereby GRANTS the parties’ Joint Motion (ECF No. 17) and awards Plaintiff attorneys’ fees of $6,600.00, and costs in the amount of $00.00, for a total award of $6,600.00. After the Court enters this award, counsel for the parties shall verify that Plaintiff owes no pre-existing debt to the United States subject to offset, consistent with Astrue v. Ratliff,

(2010). If no such pre- existing debt exists, Defendant shall pay the EAJA award directly to Plaintiff’s counsel under the EAJA assignment signed by Plaintiff and counsel. The case remains terminated on the docket of this Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

6/20/2025 s/Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. DATE EDMUND A. SARGUS, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE