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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Amanda Marie Henderson
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER FOR THE AWARD OF ATTORNEY FEES 

PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) AND 

COSTS PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1920 

SHELLIE LOTT, SBN: 246202 

Cerney Kreuze & Lott, LLP 

42 N. Sutter Street, Suite 400 

Stockton, California 95202 

Telephone: (209) 948-9384 

Facsimile: (209) 948-0706 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO BRANCH 

AMANDA MARIE HENDERSON, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, 

Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 

Defendant 

Case No.: 2:15-cv-00096-EFB 

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER 

FOR THE AWARD OF ATTORNEY FEES 

PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO 

JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) AND 

COSTS PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1920 

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 

EAJA in the amount of FIVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ZERO 

CENTS ($5,400.00) under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), and 

COSTS in the amount of FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX AND SEVENTY-SIX CENTS 

($426.76) under 28 U.S.C. § 1920. 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. 

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER FOR THE AWARD OF ATTORNEY FEES 

PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) AND 

COSTS PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1920 

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

will consider the matter of Plaintiff's assignment of EAJA fees and expenses 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 and expenses are subject to any offset allowed under 

the United States Department of the Treasury's Offset Program. After the order for EAJA fees 

and expenses is entered, the government will determine whether they are subject to any offset. 

Fees and expenses 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 Shellie Lott, 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 and expenses, 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 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 offset provisions of the EAJA. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: December 10, 2015 /s/ Shellie Lott 

 SHELLIE LOTT 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

 

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER FOR THE AWARD OF ATTORNEY FEES 

PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) AND 

COSTS PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1920 

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

United States Attorney 

DEBORAH L. STACHEL 

 Acting Regional Chief Counsel 

 

Date: December 10, 2015 /s/ Marcelo N. Illarmo 

 (As authorized via email on 12/09/15) 

 Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 ORDER 

Pursuant to the stipulation, it is so ordered. 

DATE: December 14, 2015 

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