Filed: Feb. 14, 2018
Latest Update: Feb. 14, 2018
Summary: STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER FOR THE AWARD AND PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES AND EXPENSES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. 2412(d) AND COSTS PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 1920 ERICA P. GROSJEAN , Magistrate Judge . TO THE HONORABLE ERICA P. GROSJEAN, MAGISTRATE JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT: IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties through their undersigned counsel, subject to the approval of the Court, that Danny Ray Watkins be awarded attorney fees in the amount o
Summary: STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER FOR THE AWARD AND PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES AND EXPENSES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. 2412(d) AND COSTS PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 1920 ERICA P. GROSJEAN , Magistrate Judge . TO THE HONORABLE ERICA P. GROSJEAN, MAGISTRATE JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT: IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties through their undersigned counsel, subject to the approval of the Court, that Danny Ray Watkins be awarded attorney fees in the amount of..
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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER FOR THE AWARD AND PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES AND EXPENSES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) AND COSTS PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1920
ERICA P. GROSJEAN, Magistrate Judge.
TO THE HONORABLE ERICA P. GROSJEAN, MAGISTRATE JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT:
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties through their undersigned counsel, subject to the approval of the Court, that Danny Ray Watkins be awarded attorney fees in the amount of three thousand four hundred dollars ($3,400.00) under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). This amount represents compensation for all legal services rendered on behalf of Plaintiff by counsel in connection with this civil action, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. §§ 1920; 2412(d).
After the Court issues an order for EAJA fees to Danny Ray Watkins, the government will consider the matter of Danny Ray Watkins's assignment of EAJA fees to Young Cho. The retainer agreement containing the assignment is attached as exhibit 1. Pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521, 2529 (2010), the ability to honor the assignment will depend on whether the fees are subject to any offset allowed under the United States Department of the Treasury's Offset Program. After the order for EAJA fees is entered, the government will determine whether they are subject to any offset.
Fees shall be made payable to Danny Ray Watkins, but if the Department of the Treasury determines that Danny Ray Watkins does not owe a federal debt, then the government shall cause the payment of fees, expenses and costs to be made directly to Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing, pursuant to the assignment executed by Danny Ray Watkins.1 Any payments made shall be delivered to Young Cho.
This stipulation constitutes a compromise settlement of Danny Ray Watkins's request for EAJA attorney fees, and does not constitute an admission of liability on the part of Defendant under the EAJA or otherwise. Payment of the agreed amount shall constitute a complete release from, and bar to, any and all claims that Danny Ray Watkins and/or Young Cho including Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing may have relating to EAJA attorney fees in connection with this action.
This award is without prejudice to the rights of Young Cho and/or the Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing to seek Social Security Act attorney fees under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), subject to the savings clause provisions of the EAJA.
ORDER
Based upon the parties' Stipulation for the Award and Payment of Attorney Fees Pursuant to EAJA, IT IS ORDERED that fees in the amount of $3,400.00, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. §2412(d), be awarded subject to the terms of the Stipulation.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
