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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Carol A. Ray
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ODER FOR 

AWARD OF EAJA ATTORNEYS’ FEES 

Jared Walker (SB#269029) 

2020 Capitol Avenue 

Suite 7 

Sacramento, CA 95811 

T: (916) 476-5044 

F: (916) 476-5064 

jared@saclawoffices.com 

Attorney for Plaintiff, 

CAROL A. RAY 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CAROL A. RAY, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, 

Commissioner of Social Security, 

 Defendant. 

Case No.: 2:15-CV-02629-AC 

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER 

FOR THE AWARD OF ATTORNEY FEES 

PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO 

JUSTICE ACT, 38 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 Equal 

Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), in the amount of Six Thousand Sixty-Three 

Dollars and Ninety-Six Cents ($6,063.96). 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. §§ 1920, 2412(d). 

Upon the Court’s issuance of an order granting EAJA fees to plaintiff, defendant’s counsel 

will promptly, and in no event later than ten (10) days from the date the Court enters its order, 

prepare and submit all documentation necessary to allow the government to determine the issue of 

plaintiff’s assignment of EAJA fees to plaintiff’s attorney. Pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 

586, 597-598 (2010), the government’s ability to honor the assignment will depend on if the fees are 

subject to any offset allowed under the United States Department of the Treasury’s Offset Program. 

If the Department of the Treasury determines that plaintiff does not owe a federal debt, then 

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ODER FOR 

AWARD OF EAJA ATTORNEYS’ FEES 

the government will cause the payment of fees to be made directly to plaintiff’s attorney, LAW 

OFFICE OF JARED T. WALKER, P.C., pursuant to the assignment executed by plaintiff. Any 

payments made will be delivered to JARED T. WALKER. 

This stipulation constitutes a settlement of plaintiff’s request for EAJA attorney fees and 

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

the agreed amount will 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 in connection with this 

action. 

This award is without prejudice to the rights of plaintiff’s counsel to seek Social Security 

attorney fees under 42 U.S.C. § 406, subject to the savings clause provisions of the EAJA. 

Dated: August 18, 2016 Respectfully submitted, 

 __/s/ Jared Walker 

 JARED T. WALKER, 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

 BENJAMIN WAGNER 

 United States Attorney 

 

Dated: August 19, 2016 By: /s/ Marcelo N. Illarmo* 

 [*as authorized via email on 8/19/2016] 

 MARCELO N. ILLARMO 

 Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

ORDER 

 Based upon the parties’ Stipulation for Award of Attorney Fees pursuant to the Equal Access 

to Justice Act (EAJA), IT IS ORDERED that EAJA fees are awarded to plaintiff in the amount of 

Six Thousand Sixty-Three Dollars and Ninety-Six Cents ($6,063.96) subject to the terms of the 

parties’ foregoing Stipulation. 

DATED: August 22, 2016 

 

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