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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Vincent Mesta
Plaintiff

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Stip. & Order for EAJA Fees 1

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

DANIEL P. TALBERT

Special Assistant United States Attorney

333 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8926

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail: Daniel.Talbert@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

VINCENT MESTA, ) Case No. 2:08-CV-02994-KJM

Plaintiff, )

v. ) STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

) THE AWARD OF ATTORNEY FEES PURSUANT

) TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT,

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, ) 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)

Commissioner of Social Security, )

Defendant. )

______________________________)

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties through their

undersigned counsel, subject to the approval of the Court, that Plaintiff’s counsel, as

Plaintiff’s assignee, be awarded attorney fees under the EAJA in the amount of TWO

THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED dollars and 0 cents ($2,100.00). This amount represents

compensation for all legal services rendered on behalf of Plaintiff, to date, by counsel in

connection with this civil action, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 2412.

This stipulation constitutes a compromise 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 TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED dollars and 0 cents

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Stip. & Order for EAJA Fees 2

($2,100.00) in EAJA fees, shall constitute a complete release from and bar to any and all

claims Plaintiff may have relating to EAJA fees in connection with this civil action. Any

payment shall be made payable to Plaintiff’s counsel as Plaintiff’s assignee and delivered

to Plaintiff’s counsel.

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 provisions of the EAJA.

Respectfully submitted April 26, 2010.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: April 26, 2010 /s/ Bess M. Brewer 

(As authorized via email)

BESS M. BREWER

Attorney for Plaintiff

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

United States Attorney

Date: April 26, 2010 By s/ Daniel P. Talbert 

DANIEL P. TALBERT

Special Assistant U. S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant Michael J. Astrue

ORDER

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 19, 2010.

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