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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Enrico Ramon De La Paz
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER FOR THE AWARD OF ATTORNEY FEES 

PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) 

SHELLIE LOTT, SBN: 246202 

Cerney Kreuze & Lott, LLP 

42 N. Sutter Street, Suite 400 

Stockton, California 95202 

Telephone: (209) 948-9384 

Facsimile: (209) 948-0706 

Linda Ziskin, SBN: 196293 

Ziskin Law Office 

PO Box 753833 

Las Vegas, NV 89136 

Telephone: (503) 889-0472 

Facsimile: (888) 889-5776 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO BRANCH 

ENRICO RAMON DE LA PAZ, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, 

Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 

Defendant 

Case No.: 2:15-cv-00685-AC 

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER 

FOR THE AWARD OF ATTORNEY FEES 

PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO 

JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) 

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

counsel, subject to the approval of the Court, that Plaintiff be awarded attorney fees under the 

EAJA in the amount of FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS ($5,700.00). 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. 

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 

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER FOR THE AWARD OF ATTORNEY FEES 

PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) 

attorney. Pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521 (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. 

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 Shellie Lott, 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. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: December 28, 2016 /s/ Shellie Lott 

 SHELLIE LOTT 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

 PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

United States Attorney 

DEBORAH LEE STACHE 

 Regional Chief Counsel 

 

Date: December 28, 2016 /s/Scott Borrowman 

 (As authorized via email on 12/21/16) 

 Special Assistant United States Attorney 

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER FOR THE AWARD OF ATTORNEY FEES 

PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) 

ORDER 

Pursuant to the stipulation, it is so ordered. 

DATE: January 18, 2017 

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