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Parties Involved:
Susanne Ursula Schulze Avitia
Plaintiff
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant

Document Text:

Stip. & Order for EAJA Fees: 1-14-01733 SAB 1

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX,

Social Security Administration

JEAN M. TURK CSBN 131517

Special Assistant United States Attorney

160 Spear Street Suite 800

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8935; Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SUSANNE URSULA SCHULZE AVITIA,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN,

Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No.: 1:14-CV-01733 SAB

STIPULATION AND ORDER SETTLING 

ATTORNEY’S FEES PURSUANT TO THE 

EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 

U.S.C. § 2412(d)

AND COSTS

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 FIVE THOUSAND 

FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($5,500.00), AND COSTS 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). 

After the Court issues an order for EAJA fees, expenses and costs to Plaintiff, the 

government will consider the matter of Plaintiff's assignment of EAJA fees and expenses and 

costs 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, expenses and costs are subject to any 

offset allowed under the United States Department of the Treasury's Offset Program. After the 

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Stip. & Order for EAJA Fees: 1-14-01733 SAB 2

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order for EAJA fees, expenses and costs is entered, the government will determine whether they 

are subject to any offset.

Fees, expenses and costs 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, expenses and costs to be made directly to Karl E. Osterhout, pursuant to the 

assignment executed by Plaintiff. Any payments made shall be delivered to Plaintiff's counsel.

This stipulation constitutes a compromise settlement of Plaintiff's request for EAJA 

attorney fees, expenses and costs, 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 and costs 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, subject to the provisions of the EAJA.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: September 30, 2015 /s/ Karl E. Osterhout 

KARL E OSTERHOUT, 

Attorney for Plaintiff

[as authorized by EMAIL on Sept 30, 2015 ]

Dated: September 30, 2015 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By: /s/ Jean M. Turk

JEAN M. TURK

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 30, 2015 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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