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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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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX, 

Social Security Administration

ELIZABETH FIRER

Special Assistant United States Attorney

333 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8937

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

Elizabeth.Firer@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

JENNIFER GUZMAN, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, )

Commissioner of )

Social Security, )

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Defendant. )

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CIVIL NO. 2:09-cv-02084 DAD

STIPULATION AND ORDER APPROVING

SETTLEMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES

PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO

JUSTICE ACT

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

subject to the Court’s approval, that counsel for Plaintiff, as assignee, be awarded attorney fees under the

Equal Access to Justice Act, (EAJA) in the amount of FIVE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED TEN

DOLLARS AND TWENTY-SIX CENTS ($5,210.26) in fees and THREE HUNDRED FIFTY

DOLLARS ($350.00) in costs. This amount represents compensation for all legal services rendered on

behalf of Plaintiff by the attorney in connection with this civil action in accordance with 28 U.S.C. §§

1920 and 2412(d).

This stipulation does not constitute an admission of liability on the part of Defendant under the

EAJA. Payment of the agreed upon amounts shall constitute a complete release from and bar to any and

all claims Plaintiff may have relating to EAJA attorney fees and costs in connection with this action. 

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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.

Dated: May 18, 2010 /s/Joseph Clayton Fraulob

(As authorized via email)

JOSEPH CLAYTON FRAULOB

Attorney for Plaintiff

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

Dated: May 18, 2010 By: /s/ Elizabeth Firer

ELIZABETH FIRER

Special Assistant United States Attorney

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED that counsel for Plaintiff, as assignee, shall be

awarded attorney fees in the amount of FIVE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED TEN DOLLARS AND

TWENTY-SIX CENTS ($5,210.26) in fees andTHREEHUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($350.00) in costs,

as authorized by 28 U.S.C. §§ 1920 and 2412 subject to the terms of the above-referenced Stipulation.

Plaintiff’s Petition for Attorney’s Fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (Doc. No. 26) is resolved by

this Stipulation and Order.

DATED: May 20, 2010.

Ddad1/orders.socsec/guzman2084.stipord.attyfees.eaja

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