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Parties Involved:
Tiara Lanae George
Plaintiff
Andrew Saul
Defendant

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER FOR EAJA FEES 3:19-cv-08320-VC

LAUREN MELYNN JOHNSON, SBN 322318 

BAY AREA LEGAL AID

1735 Telegraph Ave. 

Oakland, CA 94612 

ljohnson@baylegal.org 

Phone: (510) 250-5203 

Fax: (510) 663-4740 

Attorney for Plaintiff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

 Tiara Lanae George, 

 Plaintiff,

 v. 

 

 Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social 

 Security, 

 Defendant 

 CIVIL NO. 3:19-cv-08320-VC

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER 

APPROVING SETTLEMENT 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 will be awarded attorney fees in the amount of 

$10,000 under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), and zero dollars 

($00.00) in costs under Taxation of Costs, 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. §§ 2412(d), 1920. 

 After the Court issues an order for EAJA fees to Plaintiff, the Government will consider any 

assignment of EAJA fees to Plaintiff’s counsel, Bay Area Legal Aid. Pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, 

130 S.Ct. 2521, 2252-2253 (2010), the ability to honor any such assignment will depend on whether 

the fees are subject to any offset allowed under the United States Department of the Treasury's Offset 

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER FOR EAJA FEES 3:19-cv-08320-VC

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 to be made 

directly to Bay Area Legal Aid, Tax ID# 94-1631316, pursuant to any assignment executed by 

Plaintiff. Any payments made shall be delivered to Plaintiff’s counsel, Bay Area Legal Aid, 1735 

Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA 94612. 

 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 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 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(b), subject to the savings clause provisions of the EAJA, 

although Bay Area Legal Aid has waived their right to claim any fees under 42 U.S.C. §406(b). 

 Respectfully submitted,

 Dated: November 9, 2020 By: /s/ Lauren M. Johnson____________ 

 Lauren M. Johnson 

 Bay Area Legal Aid

Attorney for Plaintiff 

Dated: November 9, 2020 By: /s/ Amanda Schapel_______________ 

 *As authorized via email November 9, 2020 

 Amanda Schapel 

Special Assistant United States Attorney

 Attorney for Defendant 

 

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