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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANABEL QUINTERO,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, 

Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No.: 1:13-cv-00478-SKO

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, that Plaintiff’s previously filed Motion for Attorney’s Fees and Expenses Under the 

Equal Access to Justice Act (Docket No. 20) is hereby withdrawn.

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

counsel, subject to the Court’s approval, that Plaintiff be awarded attorney’s fees and expenses in 

the amount of SEVEN THOUSAND TWENTY DOLLARS AND NINETY-ONE CENTS 

($7,020.91) under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), and costs in the 

amount of ZERO DOLLARS ($0.00) under 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. §§ 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 Plaintiff’s attorney. Pursuant to Astrue v. 

Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586, 598 (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 

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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, 

expenses and costs to be made directly to Dellert Baird Law Offices, PLLC, 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 or otherwise. 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 Dellert Baird Law Offices, PLLC, 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 and/or Dellert Baird 

Law Offices, PLLC, 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: January 30, 2015 /s/ Lynn M. Harada for Kelsey Mackenzie Brown*

(*as authorized via email on 1/30/15)

KELSEY MACKENZIE BROWN

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: January 30, 2015 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

DONNA L. CALVERT

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By: /s/ Lynn M. Harada 

LYNN M. HARADA

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Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties' stipulation, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff shall be 

awarded attorney’s fees in the amount of SEVEN THOUSAND TWENTY DOLLARS AND 

NINETY-ONE CENTS ($7,020.91), as authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), and costs in the 

amount of ZERO DOLLARS ($0.00), pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1920, subject to the terms of the 

above-referenced Stipulation.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 4, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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