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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Linanne Marie Turner
Plaintiff

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Cyrus Safa

Attorney at Law: 282971

Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing, Inc., CPC

12631 East Imperial Highway, Suite C-115

Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670

Tel.: (562) 868-5886 Fax: (562) 868-8868 E-mail: rohlfing.office@rohlfinglaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Linanne Marie Turner

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LINANNE MARIE TURNER,

Plaintiff,

vs.

KILOLO KIJAKAZI,

Acting Commissioner of Social 

Security,

Defendant. 

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Case No.: 2:21-cv-02246-JDP

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED

ORDER FOR THE AWARD AND 

PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES

AND EXPENSES PURSUANT TO 

THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE 

ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) 

TO THE HONORABLE JEREMY D. PETERSON, MAGISTRATE

JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT: 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties through their 

undersigned counsel, subject to the approval of the Court, that Linanne Marie 

Turner be awarded attorney fees in the amount of one thousand two hundred

dollars ($1,200.00) under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), and costs in the 

amount of zero dollars ($0.00) under 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). 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). 

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After the Court issues an order for EAJA fees to Linanne Marie Turner, the 

government will consider the matter of Linanne Marie Turner's assignment of 

EAJA fees to Cyrus Safa. The retainer agreement containing the assignment is

attached as exhibit 1. Pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521, 2529 (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 Linanne Marie Turner, but if the Department 

of the Treasury determines that Linanne Marie Turner does not owe a federal debt, 

then the government shall cause the payment of fees, expenses and costs to be 

made directly to Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing, Inc., CPC, pursuant to the 

assignment executed by Linanne Marie Turner.

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 Any payments made shall be 

delivered to Cyrus Safa.

This stipulation constitutes a compromise settlement of Linanne Marie 

Turner's request for EAJA attorney fees, and does not constitute an admission of 

liability on the part of Defendant under the EAJA or otherwise. Payment of the

agreed amount shall constitute a complete release from, and bar to, any and all 

claims that Linanne Marie Turner and/or Cyrus Safa including Law Offices of 

Lawrence D. Rohlfing, Inc., CPC may have relating to EAJA attorney fees in 

connection with this action. 

This award is without prejudice to the rights of Cyrus Safa and/or the Law 

Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing, Inc., CPC to seek Social Security Act attorney 

1 The parties do not stipulate whether counsel for the plaintiff has a cognizable lien 

under federal law against the recovery of EAJA fees that survives the Treasury 

Offset Program. 

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

EAJA.

DATE: June 15, 2022 Respectfully submitted,

LAW OFFICES OF LAWRENCE D. ROHLFING, INC., CPC

/s/ Cyrus Safa

 BY: _________________________ 

Cyrus Safa

Attorney for plaintiff Linanne Marie Turner

DATED:June 15, 2022 PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

PETER K. THOMPSON

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

/s/ Mary Tsai

MARY TSAI Special Assistant United States Attorney 

Attorneys for Defendant KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of 

Social Security (Per e-mail authorization)

ORDER

Approved and so ordered.

Dated: June 30, 2022

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