Blank v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 23

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 10/16/17. Plaintiff is awarded attorney fees under the Equal Access To Justice Act (EAJA) 28 U.S.C. 2412(d), in the amount of four thousand dollars ($4000.00). (Mena-Sanchez, L)

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1 2 3 4 5 HADLEY & FRAULOB A Professional Law Corporation 230 Fifth Street Marysville, CA 95901 (916) 743-4458 FAX (530) 743-5008 JOSEPH C. FRAULOB – CA State Bar #194355 Attorney For Plaintiff 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 LORI DIANE BLANK, 10 Plaintiff, 11 vs. STIPULATION FOR AWARD OF EAJA FEES 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 CIV. NO. 2:17-CV-00034-EFB NANCY A. BERRYHILL, ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, through their undersigned attorneys, and with the approval of the Court as provided below, that Plaintiff be awarded attorney fees under the Equal Access To Justice Act (EAJA) 28 U.S.C. 2412(d), in the amount of four thousand dollars ($4000.00). This amount represents compensation for all legal services rendered on behalf of Plaintiff by his counsel in connection with this civil action, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 2412(d). The parties additionally stipulate that Plaintiff shall be awarded costs under 28 U.S.C. 1920 in the amount of four hundred dollars ($400.00). 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. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521 (U.S. June 14, 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 to EAJA fees is entered, the government will determine if it is subject to any offset. 28 -1- 1 Fees and costs shall be made payable to Plaintiff, but if the Department of the Treasury 2 determines that Plaintiff does not owe a federal debt, then the government shall cause the 3 payment of fees and costs to be made directly to Plaintiff’s counsel Joseph C. Fraulob, pursuant 4 to the written assignment executed by Plaintiff. Any payments shall be delivered to Plaintiff’s 5 counsel Joseph C. Fraulob. 6 This stipulation constitutes a compromise settlement of Plaintiff’s request for EAJA 7 attorney fees and does not constitute an admission of liability on the part of Defendant under the 8 EAJA. Payment of the agreed amount shall constitute a complete release from, and bar to, any 9 and all claims that Plaintiff and/or Plaintiff’s counsel may have relating to EAJA attorney fees in 10 connection with this action. 11 12 DATE: October 12, 2017 By /s/ Joseph Clayton Fraulob JOSEPH CLAYTON FRAULOB Attorney for plaintiff DATE: October 12, 2017 PHILLIP A. TALBERT United States Attorney 13 14 15 16 17 By /s/ Marcelo Illarmo______ (As authorized via email on October 12, 2017) MARCELO ILLARMO Assistant Regional Counsel Attorneys for Defendant 18 19 20 21 ORDER 22 23 24 APPROVED AND SO ORDERED. DATED: October 16, 2017. 25 26 27 28 -2-

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