Strong v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON ALETA R STRONG, 7 Plaintiff, Case No. 3:21-cv-05497-RSM vs. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, ORDER FOR EAJA ATTORNEY FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES Defendant. _______________________________________ Based upon the Stipulated Motion of the parties, the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, and Plaintiff’s EAJA petition, it is hereby ordered that EAJA attorney’s fees of $5,484.18 shall be awarded to Plaintiff pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 U.S. 2521 (2010).

This award is based on 25.21 hours of attorney work in 2021 and 2022 at a rate of $217.54 per hour. No expenses or costs are awarded.

17 If the U.S. Department of Treasury verifies to the Office of General Counsel that Plaintiff does not owe a debt, or owes a debt in an amount less than the amount of attorney’s fees awarded herein, the government will honor Plaintiff’s assignment of EAJA Fees and pay EAJA fees directly to Plaintiff’s counsel, DEBRA J. VENHAUS, at P.O. Box 12488, Mill Creek, WA 98082. // // // 1 DATED this 1 day of April, 2022.

3 A RICARDO S. MARTINEZ 5 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Presented by: s/Debra J. Venhaus Debra J. Venhaus, WSBA 33458 Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 12488, Mill Creek, WA 98082 Tel: 425-332-3150 Approved for Entry: s/Debra J. Venhaus (signed per authorization) Edmund Darcher Special AUSA Attorney for Defendant

1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I HEREBY CERTIFY that on March 30, 2022, I electronically filed the foregoing document with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF, which will send a notice of electronic filing to the following: Edmund Darcher, 6 Special AUSA Office of General Counsel, SSA 7 701 Fifth Ave., Suite 2900 M/S 221A Seattle, WA 98104 8 [email protected]

10 s/Debra J. Venhaus Debra J. Venhaus, WSBA 33458 11 Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 12488 12 Mill Creek, WA 98082 Tel: 425-332-3150; Fax: 425-332-3195 13 [email protected]

ORDER FOR EAJA FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES