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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Marsha D. Rice
Plaintiff

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Shanny J. Lee, Calif. Bar No. 213599

Law Office of Charles E. Binder

And Harry J. Binder, LLP

485 Madison Avenue, Suite 501

New York, NY 10022

(212)-677-6801

Fax (646)-273-2196

Shanny.lee@binderlawfirm.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARSHA D. RICE,

Plaintiff,

v.

NANCY A. BERRYHILL, 

Acting Commissioner of Social 

Security,

Defendant.

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No. 2:15-cv-1763-DB

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

AWARDING ATTORNEY FEES 

UNDER THE EQUAL ACCESS TO 

JUSTICE ACT, PURSUANT TO 

28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), AND COSTS, 

PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1920

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 FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($4,500.00), 

and costs under 28 U.S.C. § 1920, in the amount of FOUR HUNDRED 

DOLLARS ($400.00). 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), 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 

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expenses to Plaintiff's 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 and expenses to be made directly to 

Plaintiff’s counsel, pursuant to the assignment executed by Plaintiff. Any 

payments made shall be delivered to Plaintiff's counsel. A true and correct copy of 

the Retainer Agreement and Assignment is attached hereto as Exhibit “A.”

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(b), subject to the 

provisions of the EAJA.

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Respectfully submitted,

Dated: March 16, 2017 LAW OFFICE OF CHARLES E. BINDER

AND HARRY J. BINDER, LLC

By: /s/ Shanny J. Lee 

Shanny J. Lee

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: March 16, 2017

 By: /s/ Francesco Paulo Benavides 

Francesco Paulo Benavides

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

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ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation (ECF No. 15) IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 27, 2017

DLB:6

DB\orders\orders.soc sec\rice1763.stip.eaja.ord

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