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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (SSID)

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STIPULATION TO AWARD OF EQUAL ACESSS TO JUSTICE ("EAJA") FEES TO 

PLAINTIFF (28 U.S.C. §2412), AND PROPOSED ORDER; NO. 13-CV-04484-KAW 

 

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DONALD H. MEDEARIS, SBN 206849 

BAY AREA LEGAL AID 

1035 MARKET Street, 6th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94103 

Telephone: (415) 354-6331(direct); (415) 982-1300 (general) 

Fax: (415) 982-4243 

E-mail: dmedearis@baylegal.org 

Attorney for Plaintiff, 

RODNEY E. JACKSON 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

RODNEY E. JACKSON, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting 

Commissioner of the Social Security 

Administration, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No. 13-cv-04484-KAW 

STIPULATION TO AWARD OF EQUAL 

ACCESS TO JUSTICE ("EAJA") FEES 

TO PLAINTIFF (28 U.S.C. §2412), AND 

PROPOSED ORDER 

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

counsel of record, that Plaintiff shall be awarded EAJA fees in the amount of $6,750. After 

the Court issues an order for EAJA fees to the Plaintiff, the government will consider the 

matter of Plaintiff’s assignment of EAJA fees to his counsel's firm, Bay Area Legal 

Aid. 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. 

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STIPULATION TO AWARD OF EQUAL ACESSS TO JUSTICE ("EAJA") FEES TO 

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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 Plaintiff's counsel's firm, Bay Area Legal 

Aid, pursuant to the assignment executed by the Plaintiff. Any payments made shall be 

delivered to counsel's firm, Bay Area Legal Aid. 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 counsel including counsel’s firm, Bay Area Legal Aid, may have 

relating to EAJA attorney fees in connection with this action. 

Dated: July 6, 2015 /s/Donald H. Medearis

 BAY AREA LEGAL AID 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

 

Dated: July 6, 2015 MELINDA L. HAAG 

 United States Attorney 

 ALEX G.TSE, 

Chief Civil Division, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

 By: /s/Jeffrey Chen 

 (* as authorized by e-mail on July 6, 2015) 

 Jeffrey Chen 

 Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

ORDER: 

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED 

Dated: ____________ By: _______________________________ 

THE HONORABLE KANDIS A. WESTMORE 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

7/6/15

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