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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Anna Marie Phillips
Plaintiff

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Lawrence D. Rohlfing

Attorney at Law: 119433

Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing

12631 East Imperial Highway, Suite C-115

Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670

Tel.: (562)868-5886

Fax: (562)868-5491

E-mail: rohlfing.office@rohlfinglaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Anna Marie Phillips

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

ANNA MARIE PHILLIPS,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant

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Case No.: 1:11-cv-01928-EPG

STIPULATION TO HOLD THE 

PETITION FOR FEES AND 

EXPENSES UNDER THE EQUAL 

ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT IN 

ABEYANCE; ORDER

(ECF No. 32)

TO THE HONORABLE ERICA P. GROSJEAN, MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

OF THE DISTRICT COURT: 

Whereas Anna Marie Phillips has a motion for fees and expenses under the 

EAJA pending before the Ninth Circuit and this Court on identical issue of 

substantial justification with different facts as to the relief sought, the parties 

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hereby stipulate that the Court hold the petition before the District Court in 

abeyance until the Ninth Circuit rules on the matter before it. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATE: December 22, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

 LAW OFFICES OF LAWRENCE D. ROHLFING

/s/ Lawrence D. Rohlfing

 BY: _________________________ 

 Lawrence D. Rohlfing

 Attorney for plaintiff ANNA MARIE PHILLIPS

Date: BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

 United States Attorney

 BY: /s/ Lynn M. Harada

 Lynn M. Harada

 Special Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant CAROLYN W. COLVIN

Acting Commissioner of Social Security 

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ORDER

Based on the above stipulation, Plaintiff’s Motion for Fees and Expenses 

(ECF No. 32) is stayed pending the disposition of Plaintiff’s motion for fees and 

expenses currently pending before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The parties 

are instructed to meet and confer following the Ninth Circuit’s decision to 

determine whether that decision resolves the Motion for Fees and Expenses (ECF 

No. 32) and shall file a status report advising this Court of the results of their meet 

and confer efforts. The telephonic status conference currently set for January 12, 

2016 at 10:00 a.m. is VACATED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 28, 2015 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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