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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Ramona Hankins
Plaintiff

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NANCY K. McCOMBS (CSBN 163629)

LAW OFFICE OF NANCY K. McCOMBS

12 Geary Street, Suite 201

San Francisco, California 94108

Telephone: (415) 678-2626

E-mail: nmccombslaw@gmail.com

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAMONA HANKINS,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN,

Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant

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Case No. 2:15-cv-02047-CKD

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER FOR 

ATTORNEY FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL 

ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT

Plaintiff, Ramona Hankins, by and through her attorney, Nancy McCombs, and Defendant, 

Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Administration, by and through attorneys, 

Benjamin B. Wagner, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California, Jennifer Lee Tarn, 

Special Assistant United States Attorney, and Deborah Lee Stachel, Regional Chief Counsel, for 

said district, jointly stipulate that the court award attorney fees and expenses under the Equal Access

to Justice Act, 28, U.S.C. § 2412, to Plaintiff in the amount of $3,800 and costs in the amount of $423.01, 

under 28 U.S.C. § 1920. 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). 

After the Court issues order for EAJA fees to Plaintiff, the government will consider the matter

of the Plaintiff’s assignment of EAJA fees to Nancy McCombs. Pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 

586, 598, 130 S.Ct. 2521, 177 L.Ed.2d 91 (2010), the ability to honor the assignment will depend on 

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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 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 Nancy McCombs, pursuant to the assignment executed by Plaintiff. Any 

payments made shall be delivered to Nancy McCombs. 

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 or 

otherwise. Payment of the agreed amount shall constitute a complete release from, and bar to, any and

all claims that Plaintiff and Nancy McCombs, including the Law Office of Nancy K. McCombs have 

relating to EAJA attorney fees in connection with this action. 

The parties hereby request that the court enter an order awarding the Plaintiff attorney fees and 

expenses in the amount of $3,800 and costs in the amount of $423.01, in settlement of any and all claims

she may have in the matter pursuant to EAJA. 

DATE: July 1, 2016 /s/ Nancy McCombs

NANCY K. McCOMBS, 

Plaintiff’s Attorney 

DATE: July 15, 2016 /s/ Jennifer Lee Tarn

JENNIFER LEE TARN,

Special Assistant Unites States Attorney

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER,

United States Attorney for the Eastern 

District of California 

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Regional Chief Counsel

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ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. Plaintiff shall be awarded attorney fees 

in the amount of $3,800 and costs in the amount of $423.01, which equals $4,223.01, as authorized by 

28, U.S.C. § 2412, subject to the terms of the above-referenced Stipulation. 

Dated: July 21, 2016

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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