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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Carol R. Weghorst Shaw
Plaintiff

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Cyrus Safa

Attorney at Law: 282971

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

Carol R. Weghorst Shaw

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CAROL R. WEGHORST SHAW,

Plaintiff,

vs.

NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting 

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No.: 1:15-cv-01409-SKO

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

THE AWARD AND PAYMENT OF 

ATTORNEY FEES AND EXPENSES

PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL 

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

§ 2412(d)

TO THE HONORABLE SHEILA K. OBERTO, 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 Carol R. Weghorst 

Shaw be awarded attorney fees in the amount of four thousand five hundred dollars 

($4,500.00) 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. § 2412(d). 

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After the Court issues an order for EAJA fees to Carol R. Weghorst Shaw, 

the government will consider the matter of Carol R. Weghorst Shaw's assignment 

of EAJA fees to Cyrus Safa. 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 Carol R. Weghorst Shaw, but if the 

Department of the Treasury determines that Carol R. Weghorst Shaw 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 Carol R. Weghorst Shaw.

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 Any payments made shall be 

delivered to Cyrus Safa.

This stipulation constitutes a compromise settlement of Carol R. Weghorst 

Shaw'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 Carol R. Weghorst Shaw and/or Cyrus Safa 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 Cyrus Safa and/or the Law

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1 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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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.

DATE: March 10, 2017 Respectfully submitted,

 LAW OFFICES OF LAWRENCE D. ROHLFING

/s/ Cyrus Safa

 BY: __________________

 Cyrus Safa

 Attorney for plaintiff Carol R. Weghorst Shaw

DATE: March 10, 2017 PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

/s/ Donna W. Anderson

 

 DONNA W. ANDERSON

 Special Assistant United States Attorney 

Attorneys for Defendant NANCY A. 

BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social 

Security (Per e-mail authorization)

ORDER

Based upon the above “Stipulation for the Award and Payment of Attorney 

Fees and Expenses Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 

2412(d)” (Doc. 28), IT IS ORDERED that fees and expenses in the amount of four 

thousand five hundred dollars ($4,500.00) under EAJA, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), be 

awarded subject to the terms of the above Stipulation.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 14, 2017 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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