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Parties Involved:
Dorrance Byrd
Plaintiff
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

United States Attorney 

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL, CSBN 230138 

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

DONNA W. ANDERSON, PSBN 46355 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

Assistant Regional Counsel 

 Social Security Administration, Region IX 

 160 Spear Street, Suite 800 

 San Francisco, California 94105 

Tel: (415) 977-8943 

Fax: (415) 744-0134 

E-mail: donna.w.anderson@ssa.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

DORRANCE BYRD, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting 

Commissioner of Social Security, 

 Defendant. 

No. 2:14-cv-02036-EFB (TEMP) 

 

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR THE 

AWARD OF ATTORNEY FEES UNDER THE 

EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT (EAJA) 28 

U.S.C. § 2412(d) 

The Parties through their undersigned counsel, subject to the Court’s approval, stipulate that 

Plaintiff be awarded attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), 

in the amount of TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS, SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE DOLLARS 

AND NINETY-THREE CENTS ($2,751.93). 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). 

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

matter of Plaintiff’s assignment of EAJA fees to counsel. Pursuant 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 the assignment executed by Plaintiff. Any 

payments made shall be delivered to counsel. 

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

does not constitute an admission of liability on the part of Defendant under the EAJA. Payment of 

TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS, SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE DOLLARS AND NINETYTHREE CENTS ($2,751.93) in EAJA attorney fees shall constitute a complete release from, and bar 

to, any and all claims that Plaintiff Dorrance Byrd and Plaintiff’s attorney, Jesse Kaplan, may have 

relating to EAJA attorney fees in connection with this action. 

This award is without prejudice to the rights of Plaintiff’s attorney to seek Social Security Act 

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

Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: December 15, 2015 /s/ Jesse Kaplan* 

JESSE KAPLAN 

Attorney for Plaintiff Dorrance Byrd 

 *By email authorization on 12/11/15 

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Dated: December 15, 2015 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

United States Attorney 

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL 

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

 By: /s/ Donna W. Anderson 

 DONNA W. ANDERSON 

 Special Assistant U.S. Attorney 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

CONCLUSION 

 Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: December 29, 2015. 

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