Pettis v. Astrue

Filing 25

Agreed ORDER re: 23 EAJA Fees and Expenses, signed by Magistrate Judge Karen L Strombom.(GMR)

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U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Karen L. Strombom 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 9 10 MARY E. PETTIS 11 Plaintiff, 12 13 vs. 14 MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 16 Defendant. ) ) CIVIL NO. C12-5453-KLS ) ) AGREED ORDER RE EAJA FEES AND ) EXPENSES ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 17 18 Based upon the Stipulation of the parties, the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 19 28 U.S.C. § 2412, and Plaintiff’s EAJA petition, it is hereby ORDERED that EAJA 20 attorney’s fees of $2,979.75 and expenses in the amount of $17.85 shall be awarded to 21 Plaintiff pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 U.S. 2521 (2010). If it is determined that 22 Plaintiff’s EAJA fees are not subject to any offset allowed under the Department of the 23 Treasury’s Offset Program, then the check for EAJA fees shall be made payable to 24 Jeanette Laffoon, based upon Plaintiff’s assignment of these amounts to Plaintiff’s 25 AGREED ORDER RE EAJA FEES [C12-5453-KLS] - Page 1 MADDOX & LAFFOON, P.S. 410-A South Capitol Way Olympia, WA. 98501 (360) 786-8276 1 attorney. Any check for EAJA fees shall be mailed to Plaintiff’s counsel, Jeanette Laffoon, 2 at 410-A South Capitol Way, Olympia, WA 98501. 3 DATED this 8th day of November, 2012. 4 5 A 6 Karen L. Strombom United States Magistrate Judge 7 Presented by: 8 9 10 /s/ Jeanette Laffoon JEANETTE LAFFOON, WSBA #30872 Attorney for Plaintiff 11 12 Approved for entry, Notice of presentation waived: 13 14 15 16 /s/ Franco Becia FRANCO BECIA Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Attorney for Defendant (signed per email authorization) 17 CERTIFICATE OF ELECTRONIC FILING: 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 This is to certify that I electronically filed the foregoing Agreed Order with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following: Franco Becia Special Asst. U.S. Attorney Office of General Counsel 701 5th Avenue, Suite 2900, MS/901 Seattle, WA 98104-7075 Franco.l.becia@ssa.gov Kerry J. Keefe Asst. U.S. Attorney Department of Justice AGREED ORDER RE EAJA FEES [C12-5453-KLS] - Page 2 MADDOX & LAFFOON, P.S. 410-A South Capitol Way Olympia, WA. 98501 (360) 786-8276 1 2 3 4 5 U.S. Attorney’s Office 700 Stewart Street, Ste 5220 Seattle, WA 98101-1271 Kerry.keefe@usdoj.gov I hereby certify that I have mailed by United States Postal Service foregoing Agreed Order Re EAJA Fees and its attachments to the following non-CM/ECF participants: NONE 6 DATED: November 8, 2012 /s/ Dawn Krech Dawn Krech, Legal Assistant MADDOX & LAFFOON, P.S. mcdkrech@comcast.net 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 AGREED ORDER RE EAJA FEES [C12-5453-KLS] - Page 3 MADDOX & LAFFOON, P.S. 410-A South Capitol Way Olympia, WA. 98501 (360) 786-8276

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