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Nature of Suit Code: 863
Nature of Suit: Social Security - DIWC/DIWW (405(g))
Cause of Action: 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (DIWC)

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MELINDA L. HAAG 

United States Attorney 

DONNA L. CALVERT 

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

JENNIFER LEE TARN, CSBN 240609 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

160 Spear Street, Suite 800 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 977-8825 

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134 

E-Mail: Jennifer.Tarn@ssa.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

TONY FRAGOZA, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, 

Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No. 4:14-cv-03317-KAW 

STIPULATION FOR THE AWARD AND 

PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES 

PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO 

JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) AND 

PROPOSED ORDER

IT IS HERE BY STIPULATED by and between the parties through their undersigned 

counsel, subject to the approval of the Court, that Plaintiff be awarded attorney fees in the amount 

of three thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($3,750.00) under the Equal Access to Justice Act 

(EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). This amount represents compensation for all legal services 

rendered on behalf of Plaintiff by counsel in connection with this civil action, in accordance with 

28 U.S.C. §§ 1920; 2412(d). 

After the Court issues an order for EAJA fees to Plaintiff, the government will consider 

the matter of Plaintiff’s assignment of EAJA fees to the Homeless Action Center. Pursuant to 

Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586, 598, 130 S.Ct. 2521, 177 L.Ed.2d 91 (2010), the ability to honor 

the assignment will depend on whether the fees are subject to any offset allowed under the United 

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States Department of the Treasury’s Offset Program. After the order for EAJA fees is entered, 

the government will determine whether they are subject to any offset. 

Fees shall be made payable to Plaintiff, but if the Department of the Treasury determines 

that Plaintiff does not owe a federal debt, then the government shall cause the payment of fees to 

be made directly to Homeless Action Center, pursuant to the assignment executed by Plaintiff. 

Any payments made shall be delivered to Homeless Action Center. 

This stipulation constitutes a compromise settlement of Plaintiff’s request for EAJA 

attorney fees, and does not constitute an admission of liability on the part of Defendant under the 

EAJA or otherwise. Payment of the agreed amount shall constitute a complete release from, and 

bar to, any and all claims that Plaintiff and/or Kyle Kitson or Homeless Action Center may have 

relating to EAJA attorney fees in connection with this action. 

This award is without prejudice to the rights of Kyle Kitson and/or Homeless Action 

Center to seek Social Security Act attorney fees under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), subject to the savings 

clause provisions of the EAJA. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

 

Date: April 16, 2015 HOMELESS ACTION CENTER 

 By: /s/ Kyle Kitson* 

 KYLE KITSON 

 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

 *By email authorization on 4/16/2015 

 

 

Date: April 16, 2015 MELINDA L. HAAG 

 United States Attorney 

By: /s/ Jennifer Lee Tarn

 JENNIFER LEE TARN 

 Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

Of Counsel for Defendant: 

Marcelo N. Illarmo, Assistant Regional Counsel 

Office of the General Counsel 

Social Security Administration 

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ORDER

Based upon the parties’ Stipulation for the Award and Payment of Attorney fees Pursuant 

to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) , IT IS ORDERED that fees in the 

amount of $ 3,750.00, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 2412, be awarded subject to the terms of the 

Stipulation. . 

DATED: _________________ __________________________________ 

 

 HONORABLE KANDIS A. WESTMORE 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

4/17/15

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