*1 1:24-cv-01518-JEH-RLH # 16 Filed: 06/03/25 Page 1 of 2 E-FILED
Tuesday, 03 June, 2025 09:35:24 AM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
PEORIA DIVISION
CELESTA ORIGEL,
Plaintiff, v. Case No. 1:24-cv-01518-JEH-RLH COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,
Defendant.
Order The Court has reviewed the parties’ Stipulation (Doc. 15). The Court ALLOWS the Stipulation and awards the Plaintiff, Celesta Origel, $9,438.14 (nine thousand four hundred thirty-eight dollars and fourteen cents) for attorney fees in full satisfaction of any and all claims the Plaintiff may have under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. The award fully and completely satisfies any and all claims for attorney fees, expenses, and costs that may be payable to the Plaintiff in this matter under the EAJA.
Any fees paid belong to the Plaintiff and not her attorney. The fees can be offset to satisfy any pre-existing debt that the Plaintiff owes the United States. Astrue v. Ratliff , 560 U.S. 586, 589 (2010). If the Defendant can verify that the Plaintiff does not owe pre-existing debt to the government subject to offset, the Defendant will direct that the award be made payable to the Plaintiff’s attorney, Bryan Konoski, pursuant to the EAJA assignment that was executed between the Plaintiff and her attorney. If payment is mailed as compared to electronically deposited, it shall be mailed to counsel’s address of record: Any payment issued
1 *2 1:24-cv-01518-JEH-RLH # 16 Filed: 06/03/25 Page 2 of 2 by check should be mailed to Konoski & Partners, P.C., 180 Tices Lane, Suite 204, Building A, East Brunswick, NJ 08816.
It is so ordered.
Entered on June 3, 2025.
s/Jonathan E. Hawley
U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
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