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Nature of Suit Code: 863
Nature of Suit: Social Security - DIWC/DIWW (405(g))
Cause of Action: 42:205 Denial Social Security Benefits

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STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR AWARD AND PAYMENT OF ATTORNEYS FEES AND EXPENSES 

PURSUANT TO EAJA

Melissa Newel (#148563)

NEWEL LAW

352 24th Street

Oakland, CA 94612

(510) 316-3827

mnewel@newellawfirm.com

Attorney for Plaintiff

ANGEL L. GOMEZ

PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

BEN A. PORTER

Social Security Administration

160 Spear Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, CA 94105

(415) 977-8979

ben.porter@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANGEL L. GOMEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, 

ACTING COMMISSIONER OF 

SOCIAL SECURITY,

Defendant.

No. 1:15-CV-00647 (SKO)

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

AWARD AND PAYMENT OF 

ATTORNEYS FEES AND EXPENSES 

PURSUANT TO EAJA 28 U.S.C. §2412(d) 

AND COSTS PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C.

§1920

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STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR AWARD AND PAYMENT OF ATTORNEYS FEES AND EXPENSES 

PURSUANT TO EAJA

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

attorneys, subject to the approval of the Court, that Angel L. Gomez (Plaintiff) be awarded 

attorney fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. §2412 (d), in 

the amount of five thousand and thirteen dollars and eighty-eight cents ($5,013.88) and ten 

dollars and twenty-one cents ($10.21) costs, for a total of five thousand and twenty-four dollars 

and nine cents ($5,024.09). This represents compensation for 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 

attorney 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 subject to offset, then the government shall cause the 

payment of fees approved to be made payable to Melissa Newel or Newel Law (collectively 

“Plaintiff’s counsel”), 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 does not constitute an admission of liability on the part of Defendant under 

EAJA. 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 may have relating to EAJA attorney fees 

and costs in connection with this action. 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR AWARD AND PAYMENT OF ATTORNEYS FEES AND EXPENSES 

PURSUANT TO EAJA

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 provisions of the EAJA. 

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: July 12, 2016 NEWEL LAW

By: Melissa Newel

Melissa Newel 

Attorney for Plaintiff

ANGEL L. GOMEZ

Dated: July 18, 2016 PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By: Ben Porter*

BEN A. PORTER

(Authorized by email dated 07/18/2016)

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

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STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR AWARD AND PAYMENT OF ATTORNEYS FEES AND EXPENSES 

PURSUANT TO EAJA

ORDER

Based upon the above “Stipulation for the Award and Payment of Attorney’s Fees and 

Expenses Pursuant to EAJA 28 U.S.C. §2412(d) and Costs pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1920” (Doc. 

20), IT IS ORDERED that fees and expenses in the amount of five thousand and thirteen dollars 

and eighty-eight cents ($5,013.88), as authorized by 28 U.S.C. §2412, and ten dollars and twentyone cents ($10.21) costs, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1920, for a total of five thousand and twentyfour dollars and nine cents ($5,024.09), be awarded subject to the terms of the above-referenced 

Stipulation.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 19, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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