(SS) Hudick v. Commissioner of Social Security

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SACRAMENTO DIVISION
JAMES HUDICK,
Plaintiff,
vs.
FRANK BISIGNANO,
Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.
Case No. 2:26-cv-00061-CSK
ORDER 	AWARDING 	ATTORNEY
FEES
WHEREAS the Plaintiff has filed a joint motion for seeking an award of
attorney’s fees and costs pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”);
it is hereby
ORDERED that the Plaintiff’s joint motion for attorney’s fees and costs is
GRANTED and Plaintiff is awarded $6,000.00 in attorney’s fees.
Under Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S. Ct. 2521, 2528-29 (2010), EAJA fees
belong to Plaintiff and are subject to offset under the Treasury Offset Program,
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31 U.S.C. § 3716(c)(3)(B). If, after receiving the Court’s EAJA fee order, the
Commissioner determines that Plaintiff has assigned the right to EAJA fees to
counsel and Plaintiff does not owe a debt that is subject to offset under the
Treasury Offset Program, then EAJA fees may be made payable to Plaintiff’s
counsel, KONOSKI & PARTNERS, P.C., by either electronic funds transfer or
check. If Plaintiff owes a debt under the Treasury Offset Program, any remaining
EAJA fees after offset will be made by check payable to Plaintiff.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 14th day of October, 2026.
___________________________
The Honorable Chi Soo Kim
United States Magistrate Judge
7, hudi.0061.26.stip.eaja
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