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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Antoinette Darlene Gazzano
Plaintiff

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

United States Attorney 

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL 

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

LYNN M. HARADA, CSBN 267616 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

160 Spear Street, Suite 800 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 977-8977 

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134 

 E-Mail: Lynn.Harada@ssa.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ANTOINETTE DARLENE GAZZANO, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, 

Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 

 Defendant. 

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No. 2:11-cv-00868-AC (TEMP) 

STIPULATION AND ORDER APPROVING 

SETTLEMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES 

PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO 

JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), AND 

COSTS PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1920 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties, that Plaintiff’s previously 

filed Motion for Fees (Docket No. 33) is hereby withdrawn. 

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

counsel, subject to the Court’s approval, that Plaintiff be awarded attorney fees and expenses in 

the amount of SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($6,000.00) under the Equal 

Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), and costs in the amount of ZERO 

DOLLARS ($0.00) under 28 U.S.C. § 1920. 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). 

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 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, 560 U.S. 586, 598 (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 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, 

expenses and costs to be made directly to the Robert C. Weems, pursuant to the assignment 

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

 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 or otherwise. 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, 

including the Weems Law Offices, may have relating to EAJA attorney fees and expenses in 

connection with this action. 

 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(b), subject to the savings clause provisions of the 

EAJA. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: November 9, 2015 /s/ Lynn M. Harada for Robert C. Weems* 

 (*as authorized via email on 11/7/15) 

ROBERT C. WEEMS 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

Dated: November 9, 2015 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

United States Attorney 

 DEBORAH LEE STACHEL 

 Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

 Social Security Administration 

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 By: /s/ Lynn M. Harada 

 LYNN M. HARADA 

 Special Assistant U.S. Attorney 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

 

ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED that Plaintiff shall be awarded 

attorney fees in the amount of SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($6,000.00), 

as authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), and costs in the amount of ZERO DOLLARS ($0.00), 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1920, subject to the terms of the above-referenced Stipulation. 

DATED: November 10, 2015 

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