Tabor v. Berryhill
- Virginia Demarchi
- 5:19-cv-01291
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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In Tabor v. Saul, Judge DeMarchi awarded Lori Tabor $5,500.7 in attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act.
Lori Tabor and her attorney, Geri N. Kahn, are affected by the fee award; the order also addresses possible Treasury offset treatment.
What happened
In Tabor v. Saul, Lori Tabor asked the court to award attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act.
The court ordered an attorney-fee award of $5,500.7. The opinion does not describe the underlying Social Security dispute or explain the basis for the fee request.
Judge Virginia K. DeMarchi ordered that, if the fees were not subject to a federal Treasury offset, the payment could be made to Tabor’s attorney under Tabor’s assignment of the fees.
The detailed version
- Tabor v. Berryhill · No. 5:19-cv-01291
- Virginia Demarchi
- Jan. 12, 2021
Background
Lori Tabor moved for attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). The opinion is a fee order and does not provide details about the underlying Social Security case.
Ruling
The court ordered an Equal Access to Justice Act attorney-fee award of $5,500.7 to Tabor. The order cites Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S. Ct. 2521 (2010).
If the fees were not subject to an offset under the Department of the Treasury’s Offset Program, the order directed that the check be made payable to Geri N. Kahn, Tabor’s attorney, based on Tabor’s assignment of the fees. The order directed that the check be mailed to the attorney’s office.
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