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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Peter Chong Thao
Plaintiff

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX, 

Social Security Administration

ARMAND D. ROTH

Special Assistant United States Attorney

California Bar No. 214624

333 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8924

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail:Armand.Roth@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant Commissioner of Social Security 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

PETER CHONG THAO, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, )

Commissioner of )

Social Security, )

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Defendant. )

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CIVIL NO. 08-3061 KJN

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER

SETTLING ATTORNEY'S FEES

PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO

JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)

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 FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED

FIFTY-SIX dollars and 96 cents ($4,556.96). 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 and expenses to Plaintiff, the government will

consider the matter of Plaintiff's assignment of EAJA fees and expenses to Plaintiff's attorney. Pursuant

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to Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S. Ct. 2512 (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 and expenses to be made directly to Bess Brewer, 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 provisions of the EAJA.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: August 5, 2010 /s/ Bess Brewer

(As authorized via email) 

BESS BREWER

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: August 5, 2010 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

/s/ Armand D. Roth

ARMAND D. ROTH

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney 

Attorneys for Defendant

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ORDER

The parties’ stipulation is HEREBY APPROVED, and pursuant to the parties’

stipulation, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that EAJA fees are awarded in the amount of FOUR

THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX dollars and 96 cents ($4,556.96), subject to the terms of the

stipulation.

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED.

DATED: August 5, 2010

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KENDALL J. NEWMAN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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