(SS) Sahyoun v. Commissioner of Social Security

Opinion

4.1L0 UNV YUUY PVUULIICEIL VU ViiVsicy Payee aviv 1 || HARVEY P. SACKETT (72488) 2 AND ASSOCIATES 4 548 Market Street, Suite 38822 San Francisco, California 94104-5401 5 || Telephone: (408) 295-7755 Facsimile: (408) 295-7444 6 7 Attorney for Plaintiff g ||/as 11 2 VICTOR SAHYOUN, ) Case No.: 2:18-cv-00576-EFB ) 13 Plaintiff, ) STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR THE AWARD AND 14 v. ) PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES 1s ) PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ANDREW SAUL, ) ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 16 || Commissioner of Social Security, ) U.S.C. § 2412(d) ) 17 Defendant. 18 )

19 20 On March 27, 2020 this Court issued an order reversing the final decision of the 91 || Defendant, Andrew Saul, the Commissioner of Social Security (Commissioner), with a remand 99 || for a rehearing, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) (sentence four); judgment was entered. 23 In the interest of administrative and judicial economy, the parties have agreed to stipulate 94 || that an award of FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED ($4,200.00) in attorney fees under the 25 || Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), is reasonable. This award is without 26 || prejudice to Plaintiffs right to seek attorney’s fees under section 206(b) of the Social Security 27

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR THE AWARD AND PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)

2 constitute a complete release from and bar to any claims Plaintiff may have relating to EAJA 3 fees and costs. Further, such award shall not be used as precedent in any future cases, nor be 4 construed as a concession by the Commissioner that the original administrative decision denying 5 benefits to Plaintiff was not substantially justified. 6 After the Court issues an order for EAJA fees to Plaintiff, the Government will consider 7 the matter of Plaintiff’s assignment of EAJA fees to Harvey P. Sackett (“Counsel”). Pursuant to 8 Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586 (2010), the ability to honor an assignment will depend on whether 9 the fees are subject to any offset allowed under the United States Department of the Treasury’s 10 Offset Program. After the order for EAJA is entered, the Government will determine whether 11 they are subject to offset. Fees shall be made payable to Plaintiff, but if the Department of 12 Treasury determines Plaintiff does not owe a federal debt, then the Government shall cause the 13 payment of fees, expenses, and costs to be made payable directly to Counsel, pursuant to the 14 assignment executed by Plaintiff. Any payments made shall be delivered and made payable to 15 Counsel. 16 Accordingly, Defendant agrees to pay Plaintiff $4,200.00 in attorney’s fees. 17 All parties whose signature lines appear in this document have consented to its filing. 18 This award is without prejudice to the rights of Sackett and Associates and/or Harvey P. Sackett 19 to seek Social Security Act attorney fees under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), subject to the savings clause 20 provisions of the EAJA. 21 22 Dated: June 24, 2020 SACKETT AND ASSOCIATES 23 /s/ HARVEY P. SACKETT Attorney for Plaintiff

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28 2 WQou 4.40 UV b PYVUULTIOCII VU ViivVarev Payee vviv 1 |! Dated: June 24, 2020 McGREGOR W. SCOTT 9 United States Attorney 3 By: /s/S. WYETH McADAM S. WYETH McADAM 4 Special Assistant United States Attorney Attorneys for Defendant 5 [*as authorized by e-mail on 6/24/20] 6 7 9 || Pursuant to the stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 10 11 $y || Dated: July 1, 2020. □□ c 08 EDMUND F. BRENNAN 13 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR THE AWARD AND PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)