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Parties Involved:
John K. Avila
Plaintiff
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant

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Stip. and Order for Fees E.D. Cal. 2:24-cv-00513-SCR 

PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

United States Attorney 

MATHEW W. PILE, WSBA No. 32245 

Associate General Counsel 

Office of Program Litigation, Office 7 

Social Security Administration 

MARCELO ILLARMO (MABN 670079) 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

Office of the General Counsel 

Social Security Administration 

6401 Security Boulevard 

Baltimore, Maryland 21235 

Telephone: (510) 970-4822 

Email: Marcelo.Illarmo@ssa.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOHN K. AVILA, ) Case No. 2:24-cv-00513-SCR 

 ) 

 Plaintiff ) STIPULATION AND PROPOSED

 ) ORDER FOR AWARD OF ATTORNEY’S

v. ) FEES UNDER THE EQUAL ACCESS TO

 ) JUSTICE ACT (EAJA)

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,) 

 ) 

 ) 

Defendant ) 

 ) 

____________________________________ ) 

 

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

subject to the approval of the Court, that Plaintiff shall be awarded attorney’s fees and expenses 

under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. sec. 2412(d), in the amount of five 

thousand two hundred fifty nine dollars and twenty three cents ($5,259.23) and four hundred and five 

dollars ($405.00) in costs under 28 U.S.C. § 1920. 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. §§ 1920; 2412(d). Accordingly, should this Court award fees and expenses under 

EAJA pursuant to this stipulation, Plaintiff’s motion for attorney fees (ECF 23) would be moot. 

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

matter of any assignment of EAJA fees by Plaintiff to his counsel Jesse Kaplan (Counsel). Pursuant 

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to Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586, 598, 130 S.Ct. 2521, 177 L.Ed.2d 91 (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. 

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 Counsel pursuant to an assignment executed by Plaintiff. Any 

payments made shall be delivered to Counsel. 

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 his firm, may have relating to EAJA attorney 

fees in connection with this action. 

This award is without prejudice to the rights of Counsel to seek Social Security Act attorney 

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

 Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: December 4, 2024 

 By: /s/ Jesse Kaplan* 

JESSE KAPLAN

 *By email authorization on 11/26/24 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

Dated: December 4, 2024 PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

United States Attorney 

 By: /s/ Marcelo Illarmo 

MARCELO ILLARMO 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

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Based upon the parties’ Stipulation for the Award and Payment of Equal Access to Justice Act 

Fees, Costs, and Expenses, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that fees and expenses in the amount of 

$5,259.23 as authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 2412, and costs in the amount of $405.00 as authorized by 28 

U.S.C. § 1920, be awarded subject to the terms of the Stipulation. Furthermore, Plaintiff’s motion for 

attorney fees (ECF No. 23) is DENIED AS MOOT. 

DATED: December 10, 2024 

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