Hryzhuk v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 24

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 5/10/16 ORDERING that defendant pay plaintiff's attorney fees pursuant to the EAJA in accordance with this stipulation. (Kastilahn, A)

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JESSE S. KAPLAN CSB# 103726
5441 Fair Oaks Bl. Ste. C-1
Carmichael, CA 95608
[phone]
[phone] fax
Attorney for Plaintiff
VYACHESLAV HRYZHUK

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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VYACHESLAV HRYZHUK,

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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Carolyn Colvin,
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ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL)
SECURITY,
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Defendant.
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No. 2:14-CV-02561-EFB

STIPULATION AND
PROPOSED ORDER
APPROVING SETTLEMENT
OF ATTORNEY FEES UNDER
THE EQUAL ACCESS TO
JUSTICE ACT
[28 U.S.C. §2412(d)]

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THE PARTIES STIPULATE through the undersigned, subject to the approval of the
Court, that plaintiff be awarded attorney fees in the amount of Three Thousand One Hundred
Dollars ($3,100.00) under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. §2412(d) and that there will

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be no award of costs. This will represent compensation for all legal services rendered by counsel
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for plaintiff in this civil action and in accordance with that statute.

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Upon the Court’s order, defendant will consider the assignment of those EAJA fees
pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521, 2252-2253 (2010), considering any offsets allowed

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under the United States Department of Treasury’s Offset Program. Fees shall be made payable to
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plaintiff, but if the Treasury Department determines plaintiff owes no federal debt, then the

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government shall pay the fees directly to Jesse S. Kaplan based on an assignment executed by

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plaintiff and will deliver the payment to said counsel.

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This stipulation constitutes a compromise settlement of plaintiff’s request for EAJA fees

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and not an admission of liability of defendant under the EAJA. Payment of this agreed amount

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shall constitute a complete release and bar of plaintiff and her counsel regarding EAJA fees

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relating to this action. This award is without prejudice to plaintiff’s counsel’s right to fees under

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42 U.S.C. §406(b), subject to the savings clause provisions of the EAJA.

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Dated: May 6, 2016

/s/ Jesse S. Kaplan

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JESSE S. KAPLAN
Attorney for Plaintiff

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Dated: May 6, 2016

/s/ per email authorization

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JEFFREY CHEN
Special Assistant U.S. Attorney
Attorney for Defendant

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ORDER

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GOOD CAUSE APPEARING from the foregoing stipulation, IT IS ORDERED that
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defendant pay plaintiff’s attorney fees pursuant to the EAJA in accordance with this stipulation.

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DATED: May 10, 2016.

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