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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 L. STACHEL 

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

JEFFREY CHEN, CSBN 260516 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 Social Security Administration 

160 Spear Street, Suite 800 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 977-8939 

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134 

Email: Jeffrey.Chen@ssa.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

ANGELO V. BELL, 

 Plaintiff, 

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CAROLYN W. COLVIN, 

Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 

 Defendant. 

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Civil No. 2:14-cv-00834-EFB 

STIPULATION FOR THE AWARD AND 

PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES AND 

EXPENSES 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 Angelo V. Bell be awarded attorney fees and 

expenses in the amount of four thousand two hundred dollars ($4,200.00) under the Equal 

Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). 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). 

Stipulation for EAJA Fees 

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After the Court issues an order for EAJA fees to Angelo V. Bell, the government will 

consider the matter of Angelo V. Bell’s assignment of EAJA fees to Kelsey Mackenzie Brown. 

Pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521, 2529 (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. 

Fees shall be made payable to Angelo V. Bell, but if the Department of the Treasury 

determines that Angelo V. Bell does not owe a federal debt, then the government shall cause the 

payment of fees, expenses and costs to be made directly to Kelsey Mackenzie Brown, pursuant 

to the assignment executed by Angelo V. Bell. Any payments made shall be delivered to Kelsey 

Mackenzie Brown. 

Stipulation for EAJA Fees 

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This stipulation constitutes a compromise settlement of Angelo V. Bell’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 Angelo V. Bell and/or Kelsey Mackenzie Brown 

including Mackenzie Legal, PLLC, may have relating to EAJA attorney fees in connection with 

this action. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Date: March 28, 2016 DELLERT BAIRD LAW OFFICES, PLLC

By: /s/ Kelsey Mackenzie Brown* 

KELSEY MACKENZIE BROWN 

* By email authorization on March 28, 2016 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

Date: March 28, 2016 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

United States Attorney 

By: /s/ Jeffrey Chen 

JEFFREY CHEN 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ORDER 

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED. 

DATED: March 29, 2016. 

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