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Nature of Suit Code: 865
Nature of Suit: Social Security - RSI (405(g))
Cause of Action: 42:402 Social Security Benefits

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28 STIP & ORDER FOR EAJA FEES & COSTS – JULIAN V. SSA

EDCA 18-3054 DB

JAMES HUNT MILLER (Cal. #135160)

P.O. Box 10891

OAKLAND CA 94610

Ph: (925) 798-5466

Em: JamesHuntMiller@gmail.com

Attorney for Plaintiff

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL CSBN230138

Regional Chief Counsel

DANIEL P. TALBERT

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Social Security Administration

160 Spear Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, CA 94105

Attorneys for Defendant

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR

THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Cheyenne Julian, )

Plaintiff, ) No. 2:18-cv-3054-DB

)

vs. )

) Stipulation and Order

Commissioner of the Social Security ) for the Award of Attorney Fees

Administration, ) Pursuant to the Equal Access to

) Justice Act, 28 USC 2412 (d)

Defendant. )

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

undersigned counsel, subject to the approval of the Court, that Plaintiff be awarded

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28 STIP & ORDER FOR EAJA FEES & COSTS – JULIAN V. SSA

EDCA 18-3054 DB

attorney fees under the EAJA in the amount of THREE THOUSAND SEVEN

HUNDRED dollars ($3,700). This amount represents compensation for all legal 

Services rendered on behalf of Plaintiff, to date, by counsel in connection with this

Civil action, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. section 2412.

After the Court files any order for EAJA fees and expenses to a Plaintiff,

Defendant needs to consider the matter of Plaintiff’s assignment to Plaintiff’s 

Attorney; under Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521 (2010), the ability to honor the

Assignment will depend on whether the fees-expenses are subject to any offset

allowed under the United States Department of the Treasury’s Offset Program.

Defendant’s determinations about whether fees are subject to any offset will 

 

determine the payee. Generally, fees and expenses shall be made payable to

Plaintiff, but if the Department of the Treasury determines that the Plaintiff does

not owe a federal debt, then Defendant shall cause the payment of fees to be made

directly to James Hunt Miller, pursuant to the assignment executed by Plaintiff.

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

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

attorney fees and expenses, and is not 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

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EDCA 18-3054 DB

Plaintiff’s counsel may have relating to EAJA attorney fees and expenses in

connection with this action. But this award is without prejudice to the rights of

Plaintiff’s counsel to seek Social Security Act attorney fees under 42 U.S.C.

Section 406, subject to the offset provisions of the EAJA.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED on this 7th day of January 2020.

DATED: January 6, 2020 /s/ James Hunt Miller

JAMES HUNT MILLER

Attorney for Plaintiff

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

DATED: January 7, 2020 /s/ Daniel P. Talbert

(as authorized by email)

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 22, 2020 /s/ DEBORAH BARNES 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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