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Parties Involved:
Jerry Arrieta
Plaintiff
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JERRY ARRIETA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting 

Commissioner of Social Security, 

Defendant. 

No. 1:23-cv-00802-NODJ-EPG 

ORDER ADOPTING THE PARTIES’ 

STIPULATION FOR THE AWARD OF 

ATTORNEY’S FEES UNDER THE EQUAL 

ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT 

(ECF No. 21) 

 On May 25, 2023, Plaintiff Jerry Arrieta filed this action seeking review of a final 

decision of Defendant Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security. (ECF No. 1.) 

The Court remanded the matter on October 26, 2023 for further administrative proceedings 

pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) and directed entry of judgment in favor of 

Plaintiff. (ECF No. 19.) On December 6, 2023, the parties filed a stipulation that Plaintiff should 

be awarded attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), in the 

amount of $8,900.00. (ECF No. 21.) The parties further stipulate that Plaintiff is not entitled to 

any costs under 28 U.S.C. § 1920. (Id.) 

 Accordingly, 

1. Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), Plaintiff is 

awarded attorney’s fees in the amount of $8,900.00; and 

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2. After the issuance of this order, the government shall consider the assignment of 

the Equal Access to Justice Act attorney’s fees to Plaintiff’s counsel as follows: 

a. Pursuant to the decision in Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586 (2010), any such 

assignment will depend on whether the attorney’s fees are subject to any 

offset allowed under the United States Department of Treasury’s Offset 

Program; 

b. Fees shall be made payable to Plaintiff, but if the Department of Treasury 

determines that Plaintiff does not owe a federal debt, then the government 

shall cause the payment of attorney’s fees to be made directly to Plaintiff’s 

counsel, Francesco Benavides; and 

c. Whether the payment of attorney’s fees is made payable to Plaintiff or to 

counsel, the check will be mailed to Plaintiff’s counsel’s mailing address 

at: 

Francesco Benavides 

Law Offices of Francesco Benavides 

1990 N. California Blvd. 

Suite 20, PMB 1038 

Walnut Creek, CA 94596 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: January 4, 2024 

 

 

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