Cortney Rychelle Ashlock v. United States District Court for the District of...

1 Marc V. Kalagian Attorney at Law: 4460 Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing, Inc., CPC 12631 East Imperial Highway Suite C-115 Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 Tel.: (562) 868-5886 Fax: (562) 868-8868 E-mail: [email protected] Leonard Stone Attorney at Law: 5791 Shook & Stone 710 South 4th Street Las Vegas, NV 89101 Tel.: (702) 385-2220 Fax: (702) 384-0394 E-mail: [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiff Cortney Rychelle Ashlock 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 DISTRICT OF NEVADA CORTNEY RYCHELLE ASHLOCK, ) Case No.: 3:25-cv-00481-CLB ) 16 Plaintiff, ) ORDER GRANTING ) STIPULATION FOR THE AWARD 17 vs. ) AND PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY ) FEES AND EXPENSES PURSUANT FRANK BISIGNANO, ) TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO Commissioner of Social Security, ) JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) 19 ) AND COSTS PURSUANT TO 28 Defendant. ) U.S.C. § 1920; DECLARATION OF 20 ) MARC V. KALAGIAN ) 21 [ECF No. 12] 22 TO THE HONORABLE CARLA BALDWIN, MAGISTRATE JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT: 24 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties through their undersigned counsel, subject to the approval of the Court, that Cortney Rychelle Ashlock (“Ashlock”) be awarded attorney fees in the amount of TWENTY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY dollars ($2,170.00) under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), and costs in the amount of FOUR HUNDRED FIVE dollars ($405.00) under 28 U.S.C. § 1920. This amount represents compensation for all legal services rendered on behalf of Plaintiff by counsel in connection with this civil action, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. §§ 1920; 2412(d).

6 After the Court issues an order for EAJA fees to Ashlock, the government will consider the matter of Ashlock's assignment of EAJA fees to Marc Kalagian.

8 The retainer agreement containing the assignment is attached as exhibit 1.

9 Pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S.Ct. 2521, 2529 (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 for EAJA fees is entered, the government will determine whether they are subject to any offset.

14 Fees shall be made payable to Ashlock, but if the Department of the Treasury determines that Ashlock does not owe a federal debt, then the government shall cause the payment of fees, expenses and costs to be made directly to Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing, Inc., CPC, pursuant to the assignment executed by Ashlock.1 Any payments made shall be delivered to Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing, Inc., CPC. Counsel agrees that any payment of costs may be made either by electronic fund transfer (ETF) or by check.

21 This stipulation constitutes a compromise settlement of Ashlock's request for EAJA attorney fees, and does not constitute an admission of liability on the part of Defendant under the EAJA or otherwise. Payment of the agreed amount shall 1 The parties do not stipulate whether counsel for the plaintiff has a cognizable lien under federal law against the recovery of EAJA fees that survives the Treasury || constitute a complete release from, and bar to, any and all claims that Ashlock || and/or Marc Kalagian including Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing, Inc., CPC, 3 have relating to EAJA attorney fees in connection with this action.

4 This award is without prejudice to the rights of Mare Kalagian and/or the || Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing, Inc., CPC, to seek Social Security Act || attorney fees under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), subject to the savings clause provisions of || the EAJA.

8 || DATE: December 15, 2025 Respectfully submitted, 9 LAW OFFICES OF LAWRENCE D. ROHLFING, INC., CPC 10 /s| UareV. Kalagcau BY: II Marc V. Kalagian Attorney for plaintiff 12 CORTNEY RYCHELLE ASHLOCK DATE:December 15, 2025 SIGAL CHATTAH 14 Acting United States Attorney 17 ANGELA THORNTON-MILLARD Special Assistant United States Attorney 18 Attorneys for Defendant FRANK BISIGNANO, Commissioner of Social 19 Security (Per e-mail authorization) ORDER Approved and so ordered: DATE: January 6, 2026 ‘ 24 THE HONORABLE CARLA BALDWIN UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE