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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
BETHANY STEPHENS
VERSUS
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY
CIVIL ACTION
NO. 24-579-JWD-RLB
OPINION
After independently reviewing the entire record in this case and for the reasons set forth
in the Magistrate Judge's Report dated December 4, 2025 (Doc. 25), to which no objection
was filed;
IT IS ORDERED that the Motion for Attorney Fees and Costs under the Equal
Access to Justice Act filed by Bethany Stephens (Doc. 21) is GRANTED and that the
Commissioner be ordered to (i) make a check payable to “Bethany Stephens” for attorney fees
in the amount of $5,760.00, (ii) mail such to Edward A. Wicklund, at Olinsky Law Group,
250 South Clinton, Suite 210, Syracuse, New York 13202, (iii) determine whether Plaintiff
owes qualifying, pre-existing debt(s) to the Government, and (iv) reduce the awarded attorney
fees to the extent necessary to satisfy such debt(s).
Signed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on January 7, 2026.
JUDGE JOHN W. deGRAVELLES
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
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