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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:416 Denial of Social Security Benefits

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT 

United States Attorney 

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL 

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

MARCELO ILLARMO (MABN 670079) 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

160 Spear Street, Suite 800 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 977-8944 

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134 

E-Mail: Marcelo.Illarmo@ssa.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

HEATHER E. JOHNSON, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social 

Security, 

 Defendant. 

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No. 2:18-cv-00226-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 Plaintiff be awarded attorney fees in the 

amount of four thousand four hundred eighty three dollars and forty one cents ($4,483.41) 

under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), and no costs 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 Robert Weems. Pursuant to Astrue v. 

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Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586, 598, 130 S.Ct. 2521, 177 L.Ed.2d 91 (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 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 Robert Weems, pursuant to the 

assignment executed by Plaintiff. Any payments made shall be delivered to Robert Weems. 

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 or otherwise. Payment of the agreed amount shall constitute a complete release 

from, and bar to, any and all claims that Plaintiff and/or Robert Weems, including his firm, 

may have relating to EAJA attorney fees in connection with this action. 

This award is without prejudice to the rights of Robert Weems 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 7, 2020 

 By: /s Robert Weems * 

ROBERT WEEMS 

* By email authorization on 1/7/2020 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

Dated: January 7, 2020 McGREGOR W. SCOTT 

United States Attorney 

 By: /s/ Marcelo Illarmo 

MARCELO ILLARMO 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

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Based upon the parties’ Stipulation for the Award and Payment of Equal Access to 

Justice Act Fees, Costs, and Expenses, IT IS ORDERED that fees and expenses in the amount 

of $ 4,483.41 as authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 2412, and costs in the amount of $0.00 as authorized 

by 28 U.S.C. § 1920, be awarded subject to the terms of the Stipulation. The Clerk is directed to 

terminate ECF No. 21. 

DATED: January 9, 2020. 

HON. EDMUND F. BRENNAN 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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