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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:205 Denial Social Security Benefits

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SABRINA PATRICE THOMAS 

GIBSON,

Plaintiff,

vs.

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL 

SECURITY,

Defendant.

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Case No.: 1:19-cv-00563-JDP

STIPULATION AND ORDER 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

TO THE HONORABLE JEREMY D. PETERSON, MAGISTRATE 

JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT:

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

undersigned counsel, subject to the approval of the Court, that Sabrina Patrice 

Thomas Gibson be awarded attorney fees in the amount of one thousand seven 

hundred dollars ($1,700.00) 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 

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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 Sabrina Patrice Thomas 

Gibson, the government will consider the matter of Sabrina Patrice Thomas 

Gibson's assignment of EAJA fees to Young Cho. The retainer agreement 

containing the assignment is attached as exhibit 1. 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 Sabrina Patrice Thomas Gibson, but if the 

Department of the Treasury determines that Sabrina Patrice Thomas Gibson does 

not owe a federal debt, then the government shall cause the payment of fees, 

expenses and costs to be made directly to Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing, 

pursuant to the assignment executed by Sabrina Patrice Thomas Gibson.

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payments made shall be delivered to Young Cho.

This stipulation constitutes a compromise settlement of Sabrina Patrice 

Thomas Gibson'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 Sabrina Patrice Thomas Gibson and/or Young 

Cho including Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing may have relating to EAJA 

attorney fees in connection with this action. 

 

1 The parties do not stipulate whether counsel for the plaintiff has a cognizable lien 

under federal law against the recovery of EAJA fees that survives the Treasury 

Offset Program. 

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This award is without prejudice to the rights of Young Cho and/or the Law 

Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing to seek Social Security Act attorney fees under 

42 U.S.C. § 406(b), subject to the savings clause provisions of the EAJA.

DATE: January 24, 2020 Respectfully submitted,

 LAW OFFICES OF LAWRENCE D. ROHLFING

/s/ Young Cho

 BY: __________________

 Young Cho

 Attorney for plaintiff

Sabrina Patrice Thomas Gibson

DATED:January 24, 2020 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

/s/ Patrick W. Snyder

 

 PATRICK W. SNYDER

 Special Assistant United States Attorney 

Attorneys for Defendant

ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social 

Security (Per e-mail authorization)

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ORDER

This agreement is approved as stipulated.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 28, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

No. 204.

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