(SS) Synder v. Commissioner of Social Security ( 2020 )

1 FORSLUND LAW, LLC Jacqueline A. Forslund # 154575 2 P.O. Box 4476 Sunriver, OR 97707 3 Telephone: 541-419-0074 4 Fax: 541-593-4452 Email: jaf@forslundlaw.com 5 Attorney for Plaintiff 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 TAMMY ANN SNYDER, ) No. 1:20-cv-00088-EPG 9 ) 10 Plaintiff ) STIPULATION AND ) ORDER FOR AWARD OF ATTORNEY’S 11 v. ) FEES UNDER THE EQUAL ACCESS TO ) JUSTICE ACT (EAJA) 12 ANDREW M. SAUL, ) 13 Commissioner of Social Security, ) ) 14 Defendant ) ) 15 ____________________________________) 16 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties through their undersigned counsel, 17 subject to the approval of the Court, that Plaintiff shall be awarded attorney’s fees under the Equal 18 Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. sec. 2412(d), in the amount of EIGHT THOUSAND dollars 19 AND ZERO cents ($8,000.00). This amount represents compensation for all legal services rendered 20 on behalf of Plaintiff by counsel in connection with this civil action, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 21 sec. 2412(d). 22 After the Court issues an order for payment of EAJA fees and expenses to Plaintiff, the government will consider the matter of Plaintiff’s assignment of EAJA fees and expenses to 23 Plaintiff’s attorney. The government’s ability to honor the assignment will depend on whether the 24 fees and expenses are subject to an offset allowed under the United States Department of the 25 Treasury’s Offset Program pursuant to Astrue v. Ratcliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521 (2010). After the order of 26 EAJA fees and expenses is entered, the government will determine if they are subject to an offset. If 27 it is determined that Plaintiff’s EAJA fees and expenses are not subject to an offset under Astrue v. 28 Ratcliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521 (2010) and the Department of Treasury’s Offset Program, then the check for 1 EAJA fees and expenses shall be made payable to Jacqueline A. Forslund, based upon Plaintiff’s 2 assignment of these amounts to Plaintiff’s attorney. The parties agree that whether these checks are made payable to Plaintiff or Jacqueline A. Forslund, such checks shall be mailed to Plaintiff’s 3 attorney. This stipulation constitutes a compromise settlement of Plaintiff’s request for EAJA 4 attorney fees, and does not constitute an admission of liability on the part of Defendant under the 5 EAJA or otherwise. Payment of the agreed amount shall constitute a complete release from, and bar 6 to, any and all claims that Plaintiff and/or Plaintiff’s Counsel may have relating to EAJA attorney 7 fees in connection with this action. 8 9 Respectfully submitted, 10 Date: December 8, 2020 JACQUELINE A. FORSLUND Attorney at Law 11 12 /s/Jacqueline A. Forslund 13 JACQUELINE A. FORSLUND Attorney for Plaintiff 14 15 Date: December 8, 2020 MCGREGOR W. SCOTT United States Attorney 16 DEBORAH STACHEL Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 17 Social Security Administration 18 /s/Marcelo Illarmo 19 MARCELO ILLARMO Special Assistant United States Attorney 20 *By email authorization 21 Attorney for Defendant 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 een nee ne on EOE OI UIE IED ORDER 2 Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties (ECF No. 18), and as set forth above, IT IS || ORDERED that attorney’s fees in the amount of eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00) as authorized by 4 |! the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), be awarded subject to the terms of the ° Stipulation. ° IT IS SO ORDERED. sae ‘is 7 JJ a A # Dated: _ December 9, 2020 Sea 1" S098 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Snyder v. Saul Stipulation and Order E.D. Cal. 1:20-cv-00088-EPG