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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Jesse Guerra
Plaintiff

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Young Cho

Attorney at Law: 189870

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

Jesse Guerra

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JESSE GUERRA,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting 

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No.: 1:15-cv-01408-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) AND COSTS PURSUANT 

TO 28 U.S.C. § 1920

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 Jesse Guerra be 

awarded attorney fees in the amount of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) under the 

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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. §§ 1920; 2412(d). 

After the Court issues an order for EAJA fees to Jesse Guerra, the 

government will consider the matter of Jesse Guerra's assignment of EAJA fees to 

Young Cho. 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 Jesse Guerra, but if the Department of the 

Treasury determines that Jesse Guerra 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 Jesse Guerra.1 Any payments made shall be delivered to Young Cho.

This stipulation constitutes a compromise settlement of Jesse Guerra'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 Jesse 

Guerra and/or Young Cho including Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing may 

have relating to EAJA attorney fees in connection with this action. 

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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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This award is without prejudice to the rights of Young Cho and/or the Law 

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: November 21, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

 LAW OFFICES OF LAWRENCE D. ROHLFING

/s/ Young Cho

 BY: __________________

 Young Cho 

 Attorney for plaintiff Jesse Guerra

DATE: November 21, 2016 PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting United States Attorney

/s/ Lynn M. Harada

 

 LYNN M. HARADA

 Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 Attorneys for Defendant Carolyn W. Colvin, 

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) and Costs Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1920” (Doc. 22), IT IS ORDERED that 

fees and expenses in the amount of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) under EAJA, 

28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), be awarded subject to the terms of the above Stipulation.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 22, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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