Pilant v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA EMI PILANT, CASE NO. 3:21-CV-5460-DWC 11 Plaintiff, ORDER AWARDING FEES 12 v. PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.

It is hereby ORDERED that attorney fees in the amount of $7,750.00 are awarded to Plaintiff pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. The amount of this award shall be paid to Plaintiff’s attorney upon verification that Plaintiff validly assigned these EAJA fees to his attorney and that Plaintiff has no debt, which qualifies for offset against the award, pursuant to the Treasury Offset Program. See Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521 (2010).

If Plaintiff has no such debt and there is a valid assignment, then a check shall be made out to Plaintiff’s attorney, Rory Linerud, and mailed to Plaintiff’s attorney’s office as follows: Rory J.

Linerud, 1144 Wallace Road NW, #212, Salem, OR 97304.

1 If Plaintiff has a debt, and/or if there is no valid assignment, then a check for any remaining funds, after any offset of the debt, shall be made to Plaintiff and mailed to Plaintiff’s attorney’s office at the address stated above. IT IS SO ORDERED.

4 DATED this 31st day of March, 2022.

A David W. Christel United States Magistrate Judge

Presented by: /s/ Rory J. Linerud RORY J. LINERUD Washington State Bar #23113 Attorney for Plaintiff Linerud Law Firm 1144 Wallace Road NW, #212 Salem, OR 97304 Phone: (971)218-6954 Email: [email protected] Fax: (503)877-6691