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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Brenda G. Short
Plaintiff

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Brian C. Shapiro 

Attorney at Law: 192789 

Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing 

12631 East Imperial Highway, Suite C-115 

Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 

Tel.: (562)868-5886 

Fax: (562)868-8868 

E-mail: rohlfing.office@rohlfinglaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Brenda G. Short 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BRENDA G. SHORT, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting 

Commissioner of Social Security, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No.: 2:15-cv-01174-EFB

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED 

ORDER FOR THE AWARD AND 

PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES 

PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL 

ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2412(d) 

 TO THE HONORABLE EDMUND F. BRENNAN, MAGISTRATE 

JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT: 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties through their 

undersigned counsel, subject to the approval of the Court, that Brenda G. Short be 

awarded attorney fees in the amount of THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED 

dollars ($3,200) under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 

2412(d). 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). 

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 After the Court issues an order for EAJA fees to Brenda G. Short, the 

government will consider the matter of Brenda G. Short's assignment of EAJA fees 

to Brian C. Shapiro. The retainer agreement containing the assignment is attached 

as exhibit 1. Pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521, 2529 (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 Brenda G. Short, but if the Department of the 

Treasury determines that Brenda G. Short does not owe a federal debt, then the 

government shall cause the payment of fees, expenses and costs to be made 

directly to Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing, pursuant to the assignment 

executed by Brenda G. Short.1

 Any payments made shall be delivered to Brian C. 

Shapiro.

 This stipulation constitutes a compromise settlement of Brenda G. Short'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 Brenda 

G. Short and/or Brian C. Shapiro including Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing 

may have relating to EAJA attorney fees in connection with this action. 

This award is without prejudice to the rights of Brian C. Shapiro and/or the 

Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing to seek Social Security Act attorney fees 

under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), subject to the savings clause provisions of the EAJA. 

 

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 The parties do not stipulate whether counsel for the plaintiff has a cognizable lien under federal law against the 

recovery of EAJA fees that survives the Treasury Offset Program. 

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DATE: October 7, 2016 Respectfully submitted, 

 LAW OFFICES OF LAWRENCE D. ROHLFING 

 /s/ Brian C. Shapiro 

 BY: __________________ Brian C. Shapiro Attorney for plaintiff Brenda G. Short 

DATED: October 7, 2016 PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

Acting United States Attorney 

 

 /s/ Jean M. Turk

 JEAN M. TURK Special Assistant United States Attorney Attorneys for Defendant Carolyn W. Colvin, 

 Acting Commissioner of Social Security 

 (Per e-mail authorization) 

ORDER 

 Approved and so ordered. 

DATED: October 13, 2016

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