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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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McGREGOR W. SCOTT 

United States Attorney 

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL 

Regional Chief Counsel 

DANIEL P. TALBERT 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 Social Security Administration 

 160 Spear Street, Suite 800 

 San Francisco, CA 94105 

 Telephone: (415) 977-8995 

 Facsimile: (415) 744-0134 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

PEDRO VALENTIN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ANDREW SAUL, 

Commissioner of Social Security, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:18-cv-02394-AC 

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER 

FOR THE AWARD OF FEES UNDER THE 

EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT 

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

counsel, subject to the approval of the Court, that the previously-filed Motion for Attorney’s Fees, 

filed April 6, 2020, shall be withdrawn, and that Plaintiff be awarded attorney fees and expenses 

under the EAJA in the amount of TEN THOUSAND dollars ($10,000.00). This amount 

represents compensation for all legal services rendered on behalf of Plaintiff, to date, by counsel 

in connection with this civil action, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 2412. 

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

attorney fees and expenses, and does not constitute an admission of liability on the part of 

Defendant under the EAJA. Payment of the agreed amount shall constitute a complete release 

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from, and bar to, any and all claims that Plaintiff and/or Plaintiff's counsel may have relating to 

EAJA attorney fees and expenses 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, subject to the offset provisions of the EAJA. 

Respectfully submitted April 7, 2020. 

DATED: April 7, 2020 /s/ Oliver Ehlinger

 OLIVER EHLINGER 

 (as authorized by email) 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

 McGREGOR W. SCOTT 

 United States Attorney 

DATED: April 7, 2020 By s/ Daniel P. Talbert 

 DANIEL P. TALBERT 

 Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

ORDER 

 Pursuant to stipulation, it is so ordered. 

DATE: April 7, 2020 

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