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Parties Involved:
Jo Anne B. Barnhart
Defendant
Donna L. Snyder
Plaintiff

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1/. This amount includes costs.

KEVIN V. RYAN, SBN 118321

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON, SBN 88143

Assistant United States Attorney

Chief, Civil Division

SARA WINSLOW, DCBN 457643

Assistant United States Attorney

 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

 San Francisco, California 94102

 Telephone: (415) 436-7260

 Facsimile: (415) 436-7169

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

DONNA L. SNYDER, )

) Plaintiff, ) CIVIL NO. 04-03844 CRB

)

v. ) STIPULATION AND ORDER ) APPROVING COMPROMISE JO ANNE B. BARNHART, ) SETTLEMENT OF ATTORNEY

Commissioner of Social Security, ) FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL

) ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT

 Defendant. )

______________________________)

The plaintiff’s attorney having met the criteria of L.R. 54-5, by meeting and conferring with

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

counsel, subject to approval by the Court, that plaintiff's attorney receive the following payment:

1. Defendant shall pay FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($4,000.00), pursuant to the Equal

Access to Justice Act (EAJA), for attorney fees incurred in this court action. 1

 The check is to be

payable to plaintiff’s counsel:

Manuel D. Serpa

Binder & Binder

1901 E. 4th St., Suite 310

Santa Ana, CA 92705

(714) 564-8640, fax: 8641

2. This is a settlement of plaintiff's request for attorney fees pursuant to EAJA, and does not

constitute an admission of liability or fault on the part of defendant under the Equal Access to Justice

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SNYDER, EAJA STIP (jt)

C 04-03844 CRB 2

Act.

3. Payment of the FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($4,000.00), EAJA fees incurred in this

court action, will constitute a complete release from and bar to any and all claims, rights, causes of

action, liens or subrogated interests relating to attorney fees pursuant to the EAJA as a result of this

court action.

Dated: July 19, 2005 /s/

MANUEL D. SERPA

Attorney for Plaintiff

KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

Dated: July 20, 2005 By: /s/

SARA WINSLOW

Assistant United States Attorney

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED:

Dated: ______________________________

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

July 25, 2005 Charles R. Breyer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

APPROVED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

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