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Nature of Suit Code: 863
Nature of Suit: Social Security - DIWC/DIWW (405(g))
Cause of Action: 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (DIWC)

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JESSE S. KAPLAN CSB# 103726

5441 Fair Oaks Bl. Ste. C-1

Carmichael, CA 95608

(916) 488-3030

(916) 489-9297 fax

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH GEORGE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

-o0O0oJOSEPH GEORGE, ) No. 2:15-cv-01553-DB

)

Plaintiff, )

) STIPULATION AND

v. ) ORDER APPROVING

) SETTLEMENT OF

Carolyn Colvin, , ) ATTORNEY FEES UNDER

ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL) THE EQUAL ACCESS TO

SECURITY, ) JUSTICE ACT

) [28 U.S.C. §2412(d)]

Defendant. )

____________________________________)

THE PARTIES STIPULATE through the undersigned, subject to the approval of the 

Court, that plaintiff be awarded attorney fees in the amount of Three Thousand Nine Hundred 

Twenty-eight dollars and forty-three cents ($3,928.43) to be paid under the Equal Access to 

Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. §2412(d) and that there will be no award of costs. This will represent 

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compensation for all legal services rendered by counsel for plaintiff in this civil action and in 

accordance with that statute.

Upon the Court’s order, defendant will consider the assignment of those EAJA fees 

pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521, 2252-2253 (2010), considering any offsets allowed 

under the United States Department of Treasury’s Offset Program. Fees shall be made payable to 

plaintiff, but if the Treasury Department determines plaintiff owes no federal debt, then the 

government shall pay the fees directly to Jesse S. Kaplan based on an assignment executed by 

plaintiff and will deliver the payment to said counsel.

This stipulation constitutes a compromise settlement of plaintiff’s request for EAJA fees

and not an admission of liability of defendant under the EAJA. Payment of this agreed amount 

shall constitute a complete release and bar of plaintiff and her counsel regarding EAJA fees 

relating to this action. This award is without prejudice to plaintiff’s counsel’s right to fees under 

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

Dated: August 8, 2016 /s/ Jesse S. Kaplan 

JESSE S. KAPLAN

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: August 8, 2016 /s/ per email authorization 

TIMOTHY BOLIN

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorney for Defendant

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ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.1

Dated: August 10, 2016

 

1

 In light of the parties’ stipulation, plaintiff’s July 19, 2016 motion for attorney fees under the EAJA (Dkt. No. 24) 

is denied as having been rendered moot. 

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DLB:6

Ddb1\orders.soc sec\george1553.stip.eaja.ord

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