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Nature of Suit Code: 863
Nature of Suit: Social Security - DIWC/DIWW (405(g))
Cause of Action: 42:402 Social Security Benefits

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STIPULATION AND ORDER 1 

PAUL H. SALTZEN SBN 155053 

Attorney at Law 

P.O. Box 940 

Shingle Springs, California 95682-0940 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RICHARD KIRK, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

COMMISSIONIER OF SOCIAL 

SECURITY, 

Defendant. 

Case No.: 2:13-CV-02342-CMK 

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE 

EAJA ATTORNEY’S FEES AND 

COSTS

TO THE HONORABLE CRAIG M. KELLISON, 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 PLAINTIFF 

RICHARD KIRK be awarded attorney fees and expenses in the amount of 

$1,944.80 attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 

2412(d) and $456.60 in costs under 28 USC § 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). 

Fees shall be made payable to PLAINTIFF RICHARD KIRK. 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER 2 

This stipulation constitutes a compromise settlement of KIRK v 

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY 2:13-CV-02342-CMK 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 

 RICHARD KIRK or his attorney Paul Saltzen 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. 

DATED: 01/04/2016 Respectfully submitted, 

 BY: /s/ Paul H. Saltzen 

 Paul Saltzen, Attorney 

 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF 

DATED: BY: /s/ Patrick W. Snyder 

 Patrick W. Snyder 

 Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 Attorneys for Defendant Michael J. Astrue, 

 Commissioner of Social Security 

 (Per e-mail authorization) 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 6, 2016 

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