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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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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

ANNABELLE J. YANG

Special Assistant United States Attorney

160 Spear Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8946

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail: Annabelle.Yang@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

KATHLEEN A. SHEEHAN, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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CAROLYN W. COLVIN, )

Acting Commissioner )

of Social Security, )

Defendant. )

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STIPULATION AND ORDER APPROVING 

SETTLEMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES 

PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO 

JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) AND 

COSTS PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1920

____________________________________)

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

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

amount of five-thousand, four-hundred dollars ($5,400.00) under the Equal Access to Justice Act 

(EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), and zero dollars ($00.00) in costs under Taxation of Costs, 28 

U.S.C. § 1920. 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), 1920.

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

any assignment of EAJA fees to Plaintiff’s counsel. Pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, the ability to 

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honor any such 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 Defendant 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 David F. Chermol, pursuant to any 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 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, including Chermol & Fishman, LLC, may 

have relating to EAJA attorney fees 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(b), subject to the savings clause provisions of the EAJA.

Respectfully submitted,

 

Dated: March 3, 2016 /s/ David F. Chermol*

DAVID F. CHERMOL

*authorized via email on March 3, 2016

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: March 3, 2016 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By:

/s/ Annabelle J. Yang

ANNABELLE J. YANG 

Special Assistant U.S. 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 FIVE THOUSAND, FOUR-HUNDRED DOLLARS AND

ZERO CENTS ($5,400.00), as authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), and costs in the amount of

ZERO DOLLARS ($00.00), pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1920, subject to the terms of the abovereferenced Stipulation.

Dated: March 8, 2016

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