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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Jeffrey Martinez
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEFFREY MARTINEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL 

SECURITY,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:12-cv-01101-SAB

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER FOR 

THE AWARD AND PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY 

FEES AND EXPENSES PURSUANT TO THE 

EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 

2412(d) AND COSTS PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1920

TO THE HONORABLE Stanley A. Boone, MAGISTRATE JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT 

COURT: 

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

counsel, subject to the approval of the Court, that Jeffrey Martinez be awarded attorney fees and 

expenses in the amount of four thousand five hundred dollars ($4,500.00) under the Equal Access 

to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), and costs in the amount of sixty dollars ($60.00) 

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). 

After the Court issues an order for EAJA fees to Jeffrey Martinez, the government will 

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consider the matter of Jeffrey Martinez's assignment of EAJA fees to Young Cho. Pursuant to 

Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521, 2529 (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 Jeffrey Martinez, but if the Department of the Treasury 

determines that Jeffrey Martinez does not owe a federal debt, then the government shall cause the 

payment of fees, expenses and costs to be made directly to Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing, 

pursuant to the assignment executed by Jeffrey Martinez. Any payments made shall be delivered 

to Young Cho.

This stipulation constitutes a compromise settlement of Jeffrey Martinez's request for 

EAJA attorney fees, 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 Jeffrey Martinez and/or Young Cho including Law 

Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing may have relating to EAJA attorney fees in connection with this 

action. 

This award is without prejudice to the rights of Young Cho and/or the Law Offices of 

Lawrence D. Rohlfing to seek Social Security Act attorney fees under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), subject 

to the savings clause provisions of the EAJA.

DATE: October 28, 2013 Respectfully submitted,

 LAW OFFICES OF Lawrence D. Rohlfing 

/s/ Young Cho

 BY: __________________

 Young Cho 

 Attorney for plaintiff Jeffrey Martinez

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DATE: October 28, 2013 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

 

/s/ Elizabeth Firer

 

 Elizabeth Firer

 Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 Attorneys for Defendant Michael J. Astrue, 

Commissioner of Social Security 

 (Per e-mail authorization)

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 29, 2013 _ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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