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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Jose Deanda
Plaintiff

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Denise Bourgeois Haley 

Attorney at Law: 143709 

Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing 

12631 East Imperial Highway, Suite C-115 

Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 

Tel.: (562)868-5886 

Fax: (562)868-5491 

E-mail: rohlfing_office@speakeasy.net 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOSE DEANDA, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, 

Commissioner of Social Security, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No.: CV 08-1052 GSA 

STIPULATION 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 GARY S. AUSTIN, UNITED STATES 

DISTRICT COURT, MAGISTRATE JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT: 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Jose Deanda (“Plaintiff”) 

and Michael J. Astrue as the Commissioner of Social Security (“Defendant”), 

collectively as the “parties,” through their undersigned attorneys, subject to the 

approval of the Court, that Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing, as Plaintiff’s 

counsel and assignee, be awarded attorney fees, costs and expenses under the 

EAJA in the amount of $4,500.00. This amount represents compensation for all 

legal services rendered by Denise Bourgeois Haley and the Law Offices of 

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Lawrence D. Rohlfing on behalf of Plaintiff in connection with this civil action, in 

accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). 

The stipulation is entered into for the sole purpose of settling all disputed 

claims regarding EAJA and avoiding the expenses and risks of litigation. This 

stipulation constitutes a compromise settlement of Plaintiff's request for EAJA 

attorney fees, costs, and expenses. This stipulation does not constitute an 

admission of liability on the part of Defendant under the EAJA. This stipulation 

does not settle, or compromise the question of whether Denise Bourgeois Haley 

may be, is, or should be the direct payee of an award of fees, costs, and expenses 

under the EAJA in the absence or presence of an express or implied assignment of 

such an award nor whether any such award is free from or subject to debts of Jose 

Deanda, if any, under the Debt Collection Act of 1996, 31 U.S.C. § 3716, or as to 

any issue regarding the applicability of the Assignment of Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 

3727. 

 Neither this agreement nor the substance herein shall, in full or in part, be 

quoted, cited or referred to in any document filed in any case but the present one 

and it shall not, in full or in part, be attached to any document filed in any case but 

the present one. 

Payment of $4,500.00 in EAJA attorney fees, costs, and expenses to Law 

Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing as assignee of Jose Deanda shall constitute a 

complete release from and bar to any and all claims Jose Deanda may have relating 

to EAJA fees in connection. Any payment shall be made payable to Plaintiff’s 

counsel as Plaintiff’s assignee and delivered to Law Offices of Lawrence D. 

Rohlfing. 

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This award is without prejudice to the rights of Denise Bourgeois Haley and Law 

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

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

DATE: March 23, 2010 Respectfully submitted, 

 LAW OFFICES OF LAWRENCE D. ROHLFING 

 /s/ Denise Bourgeois Haley BY: __________________ Denise Bourgeois Haley Attorney for plaintiff 

DATED: March 22, 2010 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER United States Attorney 

 /s/ Armand D. Roth Armand D. Roth 

 Special Assistant United States Attorney Attorneys for Defendant Michael J. Astrue, 

 Commissioner of Social Security 

 (Per e-mail authorization 03/22/2010) 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOSE DEANDA, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, 

Commissioner of Social Security, 

 Defendant 

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Case No.: CV 08-1052 GSA 

ORDER AWARDING EQUAL 

ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT 

ATTORNEY FEES PURSUANT TO 

28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) 

Based upon the parties’ Stipulation for the Award and Payment of Equal 

Access to Justice Act Fees, IT IS ORDERED that the Commissioner shall pay to 

Lawrence D. Rohlfing, as Plaintiff’s assignee and subject to the reservation of 

rights, the amount of $4,500.00, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), subject to 

the terms of the above-referenced Stipulation. 

DATE: March 22, 2010 /s/ Gary S. Austin The Honorable Gary S. Austin 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

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