Murray v. Commissioner of Social Security

4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 5 AT TACOMA MICHELLE L MURRAY, Case No. C19-5499 TLF 7 Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING AWARD OF 8 ATTORNEY’S FEES COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendants.

11 Plaintiff has filed a motion for attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). Dkt.

12 23. Plaintiff seeks a total award of $21,169.50 less the amount that was awarded in the EAJA award in the sum of $7,696.43, resulting in a net award of $13,473.07. Id. Defendant does not object to Plaintiff’s request, but brings a minor calculation error to the Court’s attention-the actual amount withheld was $21,144.00; thus, the net fee should be $13,447.57. Dkt. 25. The Court finds plaintiff’s counsel is entitled to fees under Section 406(b) and accordingly GRANTS plaintiff’s motion and ORDERS as follows: 19 (1) Plaintiff is granted attorney fees in the amount of $13,447.57.

20 (2) Subject to any offset allowed under the Treasury Offset Program, as 1 discussed in Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586 (2010), payment of this award 2 shall be sent to plaintiff’s attorney Eitan Kassel Yanich at his address: 203 3 Fourth Avenue E., Suite 321, Olympia, WA 98501.

5 Dated this 2nd day of November, 2021.

A Theresa L. Fricke 9 United States Magistrate Judge