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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Fidencia Alvarado Rodriguez
Plaintiff

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

Acting United States Attorney 

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL, CSBN 230138 

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

DONNA W. ANDERSON, PSBN 46355 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

Assistant Regional Counsel 

 Social Security Administration, Region IX 

 160 Spear Street, Suite 800 

 San Francisco, California 94105 

Tel: (415) 977-8943 

Fax: (415) 744-0134 

E-mail: donna.w.anderson@ssa.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FIDENCIA ALVARADO 

RODRIGUEZ, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting 

Commissioner of Social Security, 

 Defendant. 

Case No. 2:15-cv-01947-CMK 

 

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR THE 

AWARD OF ATTORNEY FEES UNDER 

THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT 

(EAJA) 

28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), AND COSTS 

UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 1920 

TO THE HONORABLE CRAIG M. KELLISON, MAGISTRATE JUDGE OF 

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT: 

The Parties through their undersigned counsel, subject to the Court’s approval, 

stipulate that Plaintiff be awarded attorney fees in the amount of FIVE THOUSAND, 

TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($5,200.00) under the Equal Access to Justice Act 

(EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), and costs in the amount of TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS 

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($200.00) 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. § 2412(d). 

 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 counsel. Pursuant to 

Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586, 598, 130 S.Ct. 2521, 177 L.Ed.2d 91 (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 counsel, pursuant to the 

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

counsel, David Chermol. 

This stipulation constitutes a compromise settlement of Plaintiff’s request for 

EAJA fees, and does not constitute an admission of liability on the part of Defendant 

under the EAJA. Payment of FIVE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS 

($5,200.00) in EAJA attorney fees and TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) in 

costs under 28 U.S.C. § 1920 shall constitute a complete release from, and bar to, any 

and all claims that Plaintiff and Plaintiff’s attorney, David Chermol, may have relating 

to EAJA attorney fees in connection with this action. 

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This award is without prejudice to the rights of Plaintiff’s attorney 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: May 13, 2016 /s/ David Chermol* 

DAVID CHERMOL 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

 *By email authorization on 05/13/16 

Dated: May 13, 2016 PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

Acting United States Attorney 

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL 

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

 By: /s/ Donna W. Anderson 

 DONNA W. ANDERSON 

 Special Assistant U.S. Attorney 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

SO ORDERED: 

Dated: May 16, 2016 

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