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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:416 Denial of Social Security Benefits

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BESS M. BREWER, #100364 

LAW OFFICE OF BESS M. BREWER 

P.O. Box 5088 

Sacramento, CA 95817 

Telephone: (916) 385-7517 

besshelena@earthlink.net 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BRAD PANNELL ) Case No. 2:14-CV-1514 KJN

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Plaintiff, ) 

 ) STIPULATION AND ORDER APPROVING 

 ) SETTLEMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES 

v. ) PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO 

 ) JUSTICE ACT 

 ) 

CAROLYN W. COLVIN ) 

ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SSA, ) 

Defendant. ) 

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

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

Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), in the amount of FOUR THOUSAND NINE 

HUNDRED TWENTY TWO DOLLARS AND THIRTY NINE CENTS ($4,922.39). This amount 

represents compensation for all legal services rendered on behalf of Plaintiff by counsel in 

connection with this civil action, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). After the Court issues an 

order for EAJA fees and expenses to Plaintiff, the government will consider the matter of Plaintiff’s 

assignment of EAJA fees and expenses to Plaintiff’s attorney. Pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff,130 

S.Ct. 2521 (U.S. June 14, 2010), the ability to honor the assignment will depend on whether the fees 

and expenses are subject to any offset allowed under the United States Department of the Treasury’s 

Offset Program. After the order for EAJA fees and expenses is entered, the government will 

determine whether they are subject to any offset. 

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 Fees and expenses 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 Bess M. Brewer, 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 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 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. 

Dated: June 22, 2015 /s/Bess M. Brewer 

BESS M. BREWER 

 Attorney at Law 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

Dated: June 22, 2015 Benjamin B. Wagner 

 United States Attorney 

 /s/ Ellinor Coder 

ELLINOR CODER 

 Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 /s/ Amanda Schapel, Of Counsel 

 AMANDA SCHAPEL 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

 

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ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED that Plaintiff shall be awarded 

attorney Fees in the amount of FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY TWO DOLLARS 

AND THIRTY NINE CENTS ($4,922.39), as authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), subject to the 

terms of the above-referenced Stipulation.

Dated: June 24, 2015 

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