(SS) Avxentieva v. Commissioner of Social Security ( 2021 )

1 JESSE S. KAPLAN CSB# 103726 5441 Fair Oaks Bl. Ste. C-1 2 Carmichael, CA 95608 (916) 488-3030 3 (916) 489-9297 fax 4 Attorney for Plaintiff 5 MARINA AVXENTIEVA 6 7 8 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA -o0O0o- 11 12 13 MARINA AVXENTIEVA, ) No. 2:20-cv-02398-KJN 14 ) 15 Plaintiff, ) ) STIPULATION AND 16 v. ) ORDER ) APPROVING SETTLEMENT 17 Kilolo Kijakazi, ) OF ATTORNEY FEES UNDER 18 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL ) THE EQUAL ACCESS TO SECURITY, ) JUSTICE ACT [28 U.S.C. 19 §2412(d)] ) 20 Defendant. ) 21 ____________________________________) 22 23 THE PARTIES STIPULATE through the undersigned, subject to the approval of the 24 Court, that plaintiff be awarded attorney fees in the amount of Two Hundred ($200.00) under the 25 Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. §2412(d) and that there will be no award of costs. This 26 will represent compensation for all legal services rendered by counsel for plaintiff in this civil 27 action and in accordance with that statute. 28 1 Upon the Court’s order, defendant will consider the assignment of those EAJA fees 2 pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521, 2252-2253 (2010), considering any offsets allowed 3 under the United States Department of Treasury’s Offset Program. Fees shall be made payable to 4 plaintiff, but if the Treasury Department determines plaintiff owes no federal debt, then the 5 government shall pay the fees directly to Jesse S. Kaplan based on an assignment executed by 6 7 plaintiff and will deliver the payment to said counsel. 8 This stipulation constitutes a compromise settlement of plaintiff’s request for EAJA fees 9 and not an admission of liability of defendant under the EAJA. Payment of this agreed amount 10 shall constitute a complete release and bar of plaintiff and her counsel regarding EAJA fees 11 12 relating to this action. This award is without prejudice to plaintiff’s counsel’s right to fees under 13 42 U.S.C. §406(b), subject to the savings clause provisions of the EAJA. 14 15 Dated: September 16, 2021 /s/ Jesse S. Kaplan 16 JESSE S. KAPLAN 17 Attorney for Plaintiff 18 19 Dated: September 16, 2021 /s/ per email authorization 20 ELLINOR CODER 21 Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Attorney for Defendant 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 ORDER ° GOOD CAUSE APPEARING from the foregoing stipulation, IT IS ORDERED that defendant pay plaintiff's attorney fees pursuant to the EAJA in accordance with this stipulation. 5 || Dated: September 24, 2021 6 KENDALL J.NE 8 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 [Pleading Title] - 3