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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Siarhei Sidarevich
Plaintiff

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX, 

Social Security Administration

ARMAND D. ROTH

Special Assistant United States Attorney

California Bar No. 214624

333 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8924

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail:Armand.Roth@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant Commissioner of Social Security 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

SIARHEI SIDAREVICH, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, )

Commissioner of )

Social Security, )

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Defendant. )

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CIVIL NO. 08-CV-2288-EFB

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER

SETTLING ATTORNEY'S FEES

PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO

JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)

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

subject to the approval of the Court, that Plaintiff’s counsel, as Plaintiff’s assignee, be awarded attorney

fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), in the amount of$2,662.50. 

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).

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 $2,662.50 in EAJA attorney fees, shall constitute a complete release from and bar to any

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and all claims Plaintiff may have relating to EAJA fees in connection with this action. Any payment

shall be made payable to Plaintiff’s counsel as Plaintiff’s assignee and delivered to Plaintiff’s counsel.

This award is without prejudice to the rights of Plaintiff’s counsel to seek Social Security Act

attorney fees under 42 U.S.C. § 406, subject to the provisions of the EAJA.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: June15, 2010 /s/ JESSE S. KAPLAN

(As authorized via email) 

JESSE S. KAPLAN

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: June15, 2010 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

/s/ Armand D. Roth

ARMAND D. ROTH

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney 

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

This stipulation is APPROVED AND SO ORDERED. Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion for

attorney fees, Dckt. No. 20, and the stipulation and request for an order granting defendant an extension

of time to respond thereto, Dckt. No. 21, are denied as moot. 

Dated: June 22, 2010.

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