Demchuk v. Commissioner of Social Security
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STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 1/8/18 GRANTING 29 Motion for Attorney Fees. IT IS ORDERED that defendant pay plaintiff'S Atorney fees in the amount of $4,000 pursuant to the EAJA in accordance with this stipulation. (Mena-Sanchez, L)
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JESSE S. KAPLAN CSB# 103726
5441 Fair Oaks Bl. Ste. C-1
Carmichael, CA 95608
(916) 488-3030
(916) 489-9297 fax
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Attorney for Plaintiff
GALINA DEMCHUK
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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GALINA DEMCHUK,
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Plaintiff,
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Nancy Berryhill,
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ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL)
SECURITY,
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Defendant.
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No. 2:16-cv-000977-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 Four Thousand Dollars
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($4,000.00) under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. §2412(d) and that there will be no
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award of costs. This will represent compensation for all legal services rendered by counsel 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: January 2, 2018
/s/ Jesse S. Kaplan
JESSE S. KAPLAN
Attorney for Plaintiff
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Dated: January 2, 2018
/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 in the amount of $4,000 pursuant to the EAJA in
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accordance with this stipulation.
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DATED: January 8, 2018.
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