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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:416 Denial of Social Security Benefits

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NANCY K. McCOMBS (CSBN 163629) 

Law Office of McCombs and Abel

12 Geary Street, Suite 201 

San Francisco, California 94108 

Telephone: (415) 678-2626 

E-mail: nmccombslaw@gmail.com

Attorney for Plaintiff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STELLA WEBB,

Plaintiff,

v. 

ACTING COMMISSIONER OF 

SOCIAL SECURITY, 

Defendant

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Civil No. 5: 19-CV-00589-SVK

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER 

FOR ATTORNEY FEES PURSUANT TO 

THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTIC ACT 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties through their undersigned 

counsel, subject to the approval of the Court, that Plaintiff, Stella Webb, be awarded attorney 

fees and expenses in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) under the Equal Access to Justice 

Act, 28, U.S.C. § 2412. 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 order for EAJA fees to Plaintiff, the government will consider the matter

of the Plaintiff’s assignment of EAJA fees to Nancy McCombs. 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 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. 

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DATE: April 10, 2020 /s/ Nancy K. McCombs

NANCY K. MCCOMBS

Plaintiff’s Attorney 

DATE: April 10, 2020 _ _/s/ Wyeth McAdam 

(* as authorized by email on 4/10/2020) 

WYETH McADAM 

Special Assistant United States Attorney

DAVID L. ANDERSON

United States Attorney for the Northern 

District of California 

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

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, expenses and

costs to be made directly to Nancy McCombs, pursuant to the assignment executed by Plaintiff. Any 

payments made shall be delivered to Nancy McCombs.

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 Nancy McCombs, including the Law Office of McCombs and Abel have 

relating to EAJA attorney fees in connection with this action. 

The parties hereby request that the court enter an order awarding the Plaintiff attorney 

fees and expenses in the amount of $5,000.00, in settlement of any and all claim she may have in 

the matter pursuant to EAJA. 

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PROPOSED ORDER

Pursuant to the stipulation, IT IS ORDERED that attorney fees in the amount of $5,000.00, as authorized 

by 28 U.S.C. § 2412, be awarded subject to the terms of the Stipulation. 

Dated________________________ _______________________________________ 

HON. SUSAN VAN KEULEN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

April 13, 2020

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