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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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Martin v. Colvin, CIV-09-1017 CMK 

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BESS M. BREWER, # 100364 

LAW OFFICE OF BESS M. BREWER 

P.O. Box 5088 

Sacramento, CA 95817 

Telephone: (916) 385-7517 

Facsimile: (916) 405-3908

Attorneys for Plaintiff

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JIMMIE LEON MARTIN ) Case No. CIV-09-1017 CMK 

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Plaintiff, ) STIPULATIONAND ORDER APPROVING 

 ) SETTLEMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES 

v. ) PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO 

 ) JUSTICE ACT 

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CAROLYN W. COLVIN, ) 

Acting Commissioner of SSA ) 

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 Defendant. ) 

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

counsel, subject to the Court’s approval, that Plaintiff be awarded attorney fees under the Equal 

Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), in the amount of TWELVE THOUSAND 

NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN DOLLARS AND SEVENTEEN CENTS ($12, 977.17). 

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. § 2412(d). After the Court issues 

an order for EAJA fees and expenses to Plaintiff, the government will consider the matter of 

Plaintiff’s assignment of EAJA fees and expenses to Plaintiff’s attorney. Pursuant to Astrue v. 

Ratliff,130 S.Ct. 2521 (U.S. June 14, 2010), the ability to honor the assignment will depend on 

whether the fees and expenses are subject to any offset allowed under the United States Department 

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

government will determine whether they are subject to any offset. 

 Fees and expenses 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 Bess M. Brewer, pursuant to the assignment executed 

by Plaintiff. Any payments made shall be delivered to Plaintiff’s counsel. 

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

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

under the EAJA. Payment of the agreed amount shall constitute a complete release from, and bar to, 

any and all claims that Plaintiff and/or Plaintiff’s counsel may have relating to EAJA attorney fees 

and expenses in connection with this action. 

 This award is without prejudice to the rights of Plaintiff’s counsel to seek Social Security Act 

attorney fees under 42 U.S.C. § 406, subject to the offset provisions of the EAJA. 

Dated: January 29, 2015 /s/Bess M. Brewer 

BESS M. BREWER 

 Attorney at Law 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

Dated: January 29, 2015 Benjamin B. Wagner 

 United States Attorney 

 /s/ Jennifer A. Kenney 

JENNIFER A. KENNEY 

 Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

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ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED that Plaintiff shall be awarded attorney fees in 

the amount of TWELVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN DOLLARS AND 

SEVENTEEN CENTS ($12, 977.17), as authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), subject to the terms of the 

above-referenced Stipulation 

 

Dated: February 4, 2015 

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