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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Phuong L. Ho
Plaintiff

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KEVIN V. RYAN, SBN 118321

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON, SBN 88143

Assistant United States Attorney

Chief, Civil Division

SARA WINSLOW, DCBN 457643

Assistant United States Attorney

 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

 San Francisco, California 94102

 Telephone: (415) 436-7260

 Facsimile: (415) 436-7169

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

PHUONG L. HO, )

)

 Plaintiff, ) CIVIL NO. 06-02067 WHA

)

v. ) STIPULATION AND ORDER

) APPROVING COMPROMISE

JO ANNE B. BARNHART, ) SETTLEMENT OF ATTORNEY

Commissioner of Social Security, ) FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL

) ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT

 Defendant. )

______________________________)

The plaintiff’s attorney having met the criteria of L.R. 54-6, by meeting and conferring with

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

counsel, subject to approval by the Court, that plaintiff's attorney receive the following payment:

1. Defendant shall pay FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), pursuant to the Equal

Access to Justice Act (EAJA), for attorney fees incurred in this court action. The check is to be

payable to plaintiff’s counsel:

SARAH BOTZ

THE BERNSTEIN LAW GROUP

ONE EMBARCADERO CENTER, STE 2440

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111

(415) 765-6633; FAX 283-4804

sbotz@blgrp.com

2. This is a settlement of plaintiff's request for attorney fees pursuant to EAJA, and does not

constitute an admission of liability or fault on the part of defendant under the Equal Access to Justice

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HO, EAJA STIP (ss/djh)

C 06-02067 WHA 2

Act.

3. Payment of the FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), pursuant to the Equal Access

to Justice Act (EAJA), EAJA fees incurred in this court action, will constitute a complete release

from and bar to any and all claims, rights, causes of action, liens or subrogated interests relating to

attorney fees pursuant to the EAJA, or costs as a result of this court action.

Dated: November 1, 2006 /s/

SARAH BOTZ

Attorney for Plaintiff

KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

Dated: November 15, 2006 By: /s/

SARA WINSLOW

Assistant United States Attorney

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED:

Dated: ______________________________

WILLIAM ALSUP

United States District Judge

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November 16, 2006

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

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