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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Shannon Renee Hagan
Plaintiff

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EAJA Stipulation; 2:14-CV-02464-EFB

LAW OFFICES OF

HADLEY & FRAULOB

P. O. BOX 2487

230 FIFTH STREET

MARYSVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95901

(530) 743-4458

FAX (530) 743-5008 

JOSEPH C. FRAULOB- CSBN 194355

Attorney for Plaintiff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

SHANNON RENEE HAGAN

Plaintiff,

v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN,

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,

Defendant.

Case No.: 2:14-CV-02464-EFB

STIPULATION FOR AWARD OF EAJA

ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS

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 six thousand, five

hundred dollars ($6500.00). This amount represents compensation for legal services rendered on

behalf of Plaintiff by her counsel in connection with this civil action, in accordance with 28

U.S.C. 2412(d). The parties additionally stipulate that Plaintiff shall be awarded costs under 28

U.S.C. 1920 in the amount of four hundred dollars ($400.00). 

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 to award EAJA fees is entered, the government will

determine if it is subject to any offset. 

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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 to be made directly to Plaintiff’s counsel Joseph C. Fraulob, pursuant to the

written assignment executed by Plaintiff. Any payments shall be delivered to Plaintiff’s counsel

Joseph C. Fraulob. 

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 in

connection with this action. 

DATED: June 13, 2016 

DATED: June 13, 2016

Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/Joseph C. Fraulob 

JOSEPH C. FRAULOB

Attorney for Plaintiff

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By /s/ In Seon Jeong 

(As authorized via email)

IN SEON JEONG

Assistant Regional Counsel

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED.

DATED________________________ ____________________________________

HON. EDMUND F. BRENNAN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

June 14, 2016

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