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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Mariann Reavill
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARIANN REAVILL,

Plaintiff,

v.

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,

Defendant.

 No. 1:24-cv-00875-EPG

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR THE 

AWARD OF ATTORNEY FEES 

PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS 

TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)

(ECF No. 14)

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

Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), in the amount of SIX HUNDRED 

EIGHTY-FOUR DOLLARS AND NINETY- FOUR CENTS ($684.94) and no costs under 28 

U.S.C. § 1920. These amounts represent compensation for all legal services rendered and costs 

incurred on behalf of Plaintiff, to date, by counsel in connection with this civil action, in 

accordance with 28 U.S.C. §§ 2412(d) and 1920.

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, 560 U.S. 586 (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 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 to be made directly to Plaintiff’s counsel, John D. Metsker, pursuant to the 

assignment executed by Plaintiff. Any payments made shall be paid via electronic funds transfer 

(EFT) or via check 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 26, 2024 /s/ John David Metsker 

JOHN DAVID METSKER

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: December 26, 2024 /s/ Justin L. Martin*

JUSTIN L. MARTIN

*As authorized via email on 

December 26, 2024

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Office of Program Litigation, Office 7

Attorney for Defendant

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ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation (ECF No. 14), IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff is

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

of SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR DOLLARS AND NINETY-FOUR CENTS ($684.94) and 

no costs under 28 U.S.C. § 1920.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 27, 2024 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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