Case Information
*1 STUART T. BARASCH, ESQ.
Of Counsel, Olinsky Law Group P.O. Box 961719
El Paso, TX 79996
Telephone: (213) 621-7622
Facsimile: (213) 621-2536
Email: Stuartbarasch@gmail.com
Attorney for Plaintiff, Wesley Alvin Seals
NICOLA T. HANNA. ESQ. United States Attorney
DAVID M. HARRIS, ESQ.
Assistant United States Attorney
Chief, Civil Division
CEDINA M. KIM, ESQ.
Assistant United States Attorney
MARLA K. LETELLIER, ESQ. Special Assistant United States Attorney
Social Security Administration
160 Spear Street, Suite 800 San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: (415) 977-8928
Facsimile: (415) 744-0134
Email: marla.letellier@ssa.gov
Attorneys for Defendant
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA-RIVERSIDE DIVISION WESLEY ALVIN SEALS,
Plaintiff, CASE NO.: 5:19-cv-02382-JEM -v-
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*2 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,
Defendant. ORDER AWARDING ATTORNEY’S
FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (d)
Before the Court is the Stipulation of Plaintiff, Wesley Alvin Seals, for award of attorney’s f ees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). Based on the pleadings as well as the position of the defendant commissioner, if any, and recognizing the Plaintiff’s waiver of direct payme nt and assignment of EAJA to his counsel,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that attorney fees and expenses in the amount of Three Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-One Dollars and Fifty-Eight Cents ($3,431.58) pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) are awarded to Plaintiff. Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521 (2010).
If the U.S. Department of the Treasury determines that Plaintiff’s EAJA fees, expenses, and costs are not subject to offset allowed under the Department of the Treasury’s Offset Program (TOPS), then the check for EAJA fees, ex penses,
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Whether the check is made payable to Plaintiff or to Olinsky Law Group, the check shall be mailed to the following address:
Olinsky Law Group
250 S Clinton St Ste 210
Syracuse, NY 13202
So ordered. /s/ - John E. McDermott
Date: October 29, 2020 _____________________________
Hon. John E. McDermott United States Magistrate Judge Order proffer: Stuart T. Barasch; copy to Marla K. Letellier