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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Regina Silvas
Plaintiff

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX,

Social Security Administration

SHEA LITA BOND, SBN D.C. 469103

Special Assistant United States Attorney

333 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8943

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

Shea.Bond@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

REGINA SILVAS,

Plaintiff,

v.

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE,

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No. 1:09-cv-00030 JLT

ORDER ON STIPULATION SETTLING

ATTORNEY'S FEES PURSUANT TO

THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE

ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)

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

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

awarded attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), in the

amount of ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHT dollars and 52/100 cents ($1,808.52). 

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).

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 ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHT dollars and 52/100 cents

($1,808.52) in EAJA attorney fees, shall constitute a complete release from and bar to any and all

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claims Plaintiff may have relating to EAJA fees in connection with this 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,

Dated: May 12, 2010 /s/ Robert Christenson 

(As authorized via email)

ROBERT CHRISTENSON

Attorney for Plaintiff 

Dated: May 12, 2010 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

/s/ Shea Lita Bond 

SHEA LITA BOND

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

Based upon the Stipulation of the Parties,

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 24, 2010 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

9j7khi UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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