Filed: Jan. 10, 2020
Latest Update: Jan. 10, 2020
Summary: CONSENT ORDER FOR PAYMENT OF FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT DAVID E. PEEBLES , Magistrate Judge . This matter having been opened by Peter A. Gorton, Esq., for an Order awarding attorney fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, ( 28 U.S.C. 2412 ), and it appearing that Grant C. Jaquith, United States Attorney, and Sixtina Fernandez, Special Assistant United States Attorney, attorneys for defendant, having consented to the entry of an Order awarding an amount of f
Summary: CONSENT ORDER FOR PAYMENT OF FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT DAVID E. PEEBLES , Magistrate Judge . This matter having been opened by Peter A. Gorton, Esq., for an Order awarding attorney fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, ( 28 U.S.C. 2412 ), and it appearing that Grant C. Jaquith, United States Attorney, and Sixtina Fernandez, Special Assistant United States Attorney, attorneys for defendant, having consented to the entry of an Order awarding an amount of fi..
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CONSENT ORDER FOR PAYMENT OF FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT
DAVID E. PEEBLES, Magistrate Judge.
This matter having been opened by Peter A. Gorton, Esq., for an Order awarding attorney fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, (28 U.S.C. § 2412), and it appearing that Grant C. Jaquith, United States Attorney, and Sixtina Fernandez, Special Assistant United States Attorney, attorneys for defendant, having consented to the entry of an Order awarding an amount of five thousand eight hundred fifty-four dollars and fourteen cents ($5,854.14) in attorney fees. The fees are payable to plaintiff, but if plaintiff does not owe a debt subject to offset, they are payable to the attorney. The Court having reviewed the record in this matter;
IT IS on this day of January 2020;
ORDERED that plaintiff be allowed a fee award under the Equal Access to Justice Act in the amount of five thousand eight hundred fifty-four dollars and fourteen cents ($5,854.14) in attorney fees. The fees are payable to plaintiff, but if plaintiff does not owe a debt subject to offset, they are payable to the attorney;
ORDERED that the within matter is dismissed with prejudice.
The undersigned hereby consent to the form and entry of the within order.
Grant C. Jaquith
United States Attorney
By:
/s/ Sixtina Fernandez
Sixtina Fernandez
Special Assistant U.S. Attorney
Attorney for Defendant
SSA/Office of the General Counsel
26 Federal Plaza, 39th Floor
New York NY 10278
(212) 264-2272
Fax: (212) 264-6372
Email: sixtina.fernandez@ssa.gov
By: /s/ Peter A. Gorton
Peter A. Gorton
Attorney for Plaintiff
104832 (NY)
1500 East Main Street
P.O. Box 89
Endicott, NY 13760
(607) 754-0500
