The opinion
1 STUART T. BARASCH, ESQ.
Of Counsel, Olinsky Law Group
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P.O. Box 961718
3 El Paso, TX 79996
4 Telephone: (213) 621-7622
Facsimile: (213) 621-2536
5 Email: Stuartbarasch@gmail.com
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Attorney for Plaintiff, Curtis Brown
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NICOLA T. HANNA. ESQ.
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United States Attorney
10 DAVID M. HARRIS, ESQ.
11 Assistant United States Attorney
Chief, Civil Division
12 CEDINA M. KIM, ESQ.
13 Assistant United States Attorney
MARLA K. LETELLIER
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Special Assistant United States Attorney
15 Social Security Administration
160 Spear Street, Suite 800
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San Francisco, CA 94105
17 Telephone: (415) 977-8928
18 Facsimile: (415) 744-0134
Email: Marla.letellier@ssa.gov
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20 Attorneys for Defendant
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
22 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA-RIVERSIDE DIVISION
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24 CURTIS BROWN,
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Plaintiff, CASE NO.: 5:18-cv-01051-ADS
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1 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,
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Defendant.
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4 ORDER AWARDING ATTORNEY’S
FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO
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JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (d)
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Before the Court is the Stipulation of Plaintiff, Curtis Brown, for award of
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attorney’s fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d).
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10 Based on the pleadings as well as the position of the defendant commissioner, if
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any, and recognizing the Plaintiff’s waiver of direct payment and assignment of
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13 EAJA to his counsel,
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16 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that attorney fees and expenses in the amount of
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U.S.C. § 2412(d) are awarded to Plaintiff. Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521 (2010).
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If the U.S. Department of the Treasury determines that Plaintiff’s EAJA
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fees, expenses, and costs are not subject to offset allowed under the Department of
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24 the Treasury’s Offset Program (TOPS), then the check for EAJA fees, expenses,
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and costs shall be made payable to Plaintiff’s attorney’s Law Firm Olinsky Law
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Whether the check is made payable to Plaintiff or to Olinsky Law Group, the
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Olinsky Law Group
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250 S Clinton St Ste 210
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Date: __J_u_n_e_ _1_8_, _2_0_2_0___ ___/_s/_ A__u_tu_m__n_ _D_. _S_p_a_e_th___________
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Autumn D. Spaeth
13 United States Magistrate Judge
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[Proposed Order proffer: Stuart T. Barasch; copy to Marla Letellier]
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