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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Deborah Croft
Plaintiff

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Stip. & Prop. Order for Attorney’s Fees 1

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

JACOB M. MIKOW, CA SBN 238045

Special Assistant United States Attorney

333 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8976

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail: jacob.mikow@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

DEBORAH CROFT ) Case No. 2:09-CV-01656-KJN

Plaintiff, )

v. ) STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER FOR

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, ) THE AWARD OF ATTORNEY’S FEES

Commissioner of Social Security, ) PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO

Defendant. ) 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, 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 FIVE THOUSAND

THREE DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS ($5,300.00). 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 to Plaintiff, the government will consider

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Stip. & Prop. Order for Attorney’s Fees 2

the matter of Plaintiff’s assignment of EAJA fees 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 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 Plaintiff’s counsel, Bess M. 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 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, subject to the provisions of the EAJA.

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Stip. & Prop. Order for Attorney’s Fees 3

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: August 5, 2010 BESS M. BREWER

Bess M. Brewer and Associates

Bess M. Brewer*

BESS M. BREWER

(*As authorized via email dated August 5, 2010) 

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: August 5, 2010 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By: Jacob M. Mikow

JACOB M. MIKOW

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that EAJA fees are

awarded in the amount of FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($5,300), subject

to the terms of the stipulation.

DATED: August 5, 2010

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KENDALL J. NEWMAN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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