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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Maria G. Pimentel
Plaintiff

Document Text:

EAJA Stip; 2:15-cv-01818-EFB -1- 

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

Acting United States Attorney 

DEBORAH L. STACHEL 

Acting Regional Chief Counsel 

Social Security Administration 

PAUL SACHELARI, CSBN 230082 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 Social Security Administration 

160 Spear St., Suite 800 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 977-8933 

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134 

Email: paul.sachelari@ssa.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

MARIA G. PIMENTEL, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting 

Commissioner of Social Security, 

 Defendant. 

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No. 2:15-cv-01818-EFB 

AMENDED STIPULATION AND ORDER 

FOR AWARD OF EAJA FEES 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, through their undersigned attorneys, and with 

the approval of the Court as provided below, that Plaintiff be awarded attorney fees under the Equal 

Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), in the amount of four thousand five hundred 

dollars ($4,500.00) under 28 U.S.C. § 1920. 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 Plaintiff, the government will consider the 

matter of Plaintiff’s assignment of EAJA fees to Plaintiff’s attorney. Pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, 

130 S. Ct. 2521 (U.S. June 14, 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 and costs 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 and costs to be made directly to plaintiff's counsel Harvey P. Sackett, pursuant to the assignment 

executed by Plaintiff. Any payments made shall be delivered to Plaintiff’s counsel Harvey P. 

Sackett. 

 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 connection with this 

action. 

 

Respectfully submitted, 

Date: July 13, 2016 Sackett & Associates 

 By: /s/ Harvey Peter Sackett* 

 HARVEY PETER SACKETT 

 *By email authorization 

 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

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 PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

Acting United States Attorney 

 DEBORAH L. STACHEL 

 Regional Chief Counsel 

 Social Security Administration 

 By: /s/ Paul Sachelari 

 PAUL SACHELARI 

 Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

 ORDER 

 APPROVED AND SO ORDERED. 

DATED: July 18, 2016. 

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