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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Stephany Kathy Hernandez
Plaintiff

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Richard A. Whitaker (SBN 58618)

THE LAW OFFICES OF RICHARD A. WHITAKER

2480 Hilborn Road, Suite 102

Fairfield, CA 94534

Telephone: (707) 427-2237

Facsimile: (707) 429-9829

E-Mail: teamraw2000@yahoo.com

Attorney for Plaintiff: 

Stephany Kathy Hernandez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEPHANY KATHY HERNANDEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN,

Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

Case No.: 2:15-CV-01534-KJN

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR THE 

AWARD OF ATTORNEY 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 be awarded attorney fees under the 

EAJA in the amount of TWO THOUSAND NINE-HUNDRED dollars and 0 cents ($2,900.00). 

This amount represents compensation for all legal services rendered on behalf of Plaintiff, to date, 

by counsel in connection with this civil action, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 2412.

This stipulation constitutes a compromise settlement of Plaintiff's request for EAJA 

attorney fees and expenses, 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 and expenses in connection with this action.

Following the issuance of an order by the Court, the United States Department of the 

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Treasury will determine whether Plaintiff owes a government debt and take appropriate action 

according to its own statutes and regulations, as permitted by Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S. Ct. 2521 

(2010). If no debt is owed, then the Government will accept Plaintiff's assignment of EAJA fees 

and make the check payable to Richard Whitaker, counsel for Plaintiff.

This award is without prejudice to the rights of Plaintiff's counsel to see Social Security 

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

Respectfully submitted September 29, 2016.

Dated: September 29, 2016 

/s/ Richard Allen Whitaker

Richard Allen Whitaker, Esq.

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: September 29, 2016 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

 Social Security Administration

/s/ Heather M. Moss 

Heather M. Moss, DCBN 995773*

Special Assistant U. S. Attorney

*By email authorization on Sept. 29, 2016

ORDER

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 12, 2016

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