Zotos v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 22

STIPULATION and ORDER for Award and Payment of Attorneys Fees and Expenses Pursuant to EAJA 28 U.S.C. §2412(d). IT IS ORDERED that fees and expenses in the amount of four thousand two hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty three cents ($4,217.23), as authorized by 28 U.S.C. §2412, be awarded subject to the terms of the Stipulation. Order signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe on 3/21/2017. (Thorp, J)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Melissa Newel (#148563) NEWEL LAW 352 24th Street Oakland, CA 94612 (510) 316-3827 mnewel@newellawfirm.com Attorney for Plaintiff SUNNIE ZOTOS PHILLIP A. TALBERT United States Attorney DEBORAH LEE STACHEL Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX MARCELO N. ILLARMO Social Security Administration 160 Spear Street, Suite 800 San Francisco, CA 94105 (415) 977-8944 Marcelo.Illarmo@ssa.gov Attorneys for Defendant 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 15 16 SUNNIE ZOTOS, Plaintiff, 17 v. 18 19 20 No. 1:16-CV-0060 (BAM) CAROLYN W. COLVIN1, ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR AWARD AND PAYMENT OF ATTORNEYS FEES AND EXPENSES PURSUANT TO EAJA 28 U.S.C. §2412(d) Defendant. 21 22 23 24 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties, through their undersigned 25 26 27 1 Nancy A. Berryhill is now the Acting Commissioner of Social Security. Pursuant to Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Nancy A. Berryhill should be substituted for Acting Commissioner Carolyn W. Colvin as the defendant in this suit. No further action needs to be taken to continue this suit by reason of the last sentence of section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §405(g). 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR AWARD AND PAYMENT OF ATTORNEYS FEES AND EXPENSES PURSUANT TO EAJA 1 attorneys, subject to the approval of the Court, that Sunnie Zotos (“Plaintiff”) be awarded 2 attorney fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. §2412 (d), 3 in the amount of four thousand two hundred ten dollars and six cents ($4,210.06) and seven 4 dollars and seventeen cents ($7.17) in postage expenses, for a total of four thousand two hundred 5 seventeen dollars and twenty-three cents ($4,217.23). This represents compensation for legal 6 services rendered on behalf of Plaintiff by counsel in connection with this civil action, in 7 accordance with 28 U.S.C. §§1920; 2412 (d). 8 9 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. 10 Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586, 598 (2010), the ability to honor the assignment will depend on whether the 11 attorney fees are subject to any offset allowed under the United States Department of the 12 Treasury’s Offset Program. After the Order for EAJA fees is entered, the government will 13 determine whether they are subject to any offset. 14 Fees shall be made payable to Plaintiff, but if the Department of the Treasury determines 15 that Plaintiff does not owe a federal debt subject to offset, then the government shall cause the 16 payment of fees approved to be made payable to Melissa Newel or Newel Law (collectively 17 “Plaintiff’s counsel”), pursuant to the assignment executed by Plaintiff. Any payments made shall 18 be delivered to Plaintiff’s counsel. This stipulation constitutes a compromise settlement of Plaintiff’s request for EAJA 19 20 attorney fees and does not constitute an admission of liability on the part of Defendant under 21 EAJA. Payment of the agreed amount shall constitute a complete release from, and bar to, any 22 and all claims that Plaintiff and/or Plaintiff’s counsel may have relating to EAJA attorney fees 23 and costs in connection with this action. 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 This award is without prejudice to the rights of Plaintiff’s counsel to seek Social Security STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR AWARD AND PAYMENT OF ATTORNEYS FEES AND EXPENSES PURSUANT TO EAJA 1 Act attorney fees under 42 U.S.C. §406(b), subject to the provisions of the EAJA. 2 3 Respectfully submitted, Dated: March 17, 2017 By: 4 5 6 Dated: March 17, 2017 7 8 By: 9 NEWEL LAW Melissa Newel Melissa Newel Attorney for Plaintiff SUNNIE ZOTOS PHILLIP A. TALBERT United States Attorney DEBORAH LEE STACHEL Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX Social Security Administration Marcelo Illarmo* MARCELO N. ILLARMO (Authorized by email dated 03/17/2017) Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Attorneys for Defendant 10 11 12 13 14 15 ORDER Based upon the parties’ Stipulation for the Award and Payment of Equal Access to Justice Act Fees, Costs, and Expenses, IT IS ORDERED that fees and expenses in the amount of four 16 thousand two hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty three cents ($4,217.23), as authorized by 17 18 19 28 U.S.C. §2412, be awarded subject to the terms of the Stipulation. IT IS SO ORDERED. 20 21 Dated: March 21, 2017 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR AWARD AND PAYMENT OF ATTORNEYS FEES AND EXPENSES PURSUANT TO EAJA

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