UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA
SOUTHERN DIVISION
JACOB LYLE STRICKLER, 4:25-CV-04198-VLD
Plaintiff,
ORDER ON MOTION FOR
vs. ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS
FRANK BISIGNANO, COMMISSIONER DOCKET NO. 23
OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY
ADMINISTRATION;
Defendant.
Plaintiff moves for attorneys’ fees and costs pursuant to the Equal Access
to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). See Docket No. 23. The
Commissioner does not object. See Docket No. 26. Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion is granted. Plaintiff is awarded EAJA
attorneys’ fees and expenses in the total amount of $9,398.70 ($8,850.00 in
attorney’s fees plus $548.70 in South Dakota sales tax) to be paid by the Social
Security Administration. Funds shall be made payable to plaintiff but sent to
plaintiff’s counsel after it has been determined there is no offset owed to the
government by Jacob Lyle Strickler, or after such offset has been subtracted.
See Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586, 598 (2010).
It is further
ORDERED that the government shall pay to Jacob Lyle Strickler out of
the Judgment Fund expenses in the form of the filing fee in this case of
$405.00.
DATED this 1st day of June, 2026.
BY THE COURT:
VERONICA L.DUFFY =———<“‘“‘“‘“‘ C ;OO”*”
United States Magistrate Judge
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