(SS) Jeffries v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THOMAS JEFFRIES, ) Case No.: 1:23-cv-0955 JLT GSA ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND ) RECOMMENDATIONS AND GRANTING v. ) PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES ) PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO MARTIN O’MALLEY, ) JUSTICE ACT Commissioner of Social Security1, ) ) (Docs. 22, 25) Defendant. ) )

Thomas Jeffries seeks an award of attorney’s fees in the amount of $6,603.61 pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). (Doc. 22.) The magistrate judge found Plaintiff was a prevailing. (Doc. 25 at 3.) The magistrate judge also observed the Commissioner did not argue the position on appeal was justified, because the Commissioner did not oppose the fee request. (See id.) Thus, the magistrate judge found Plaintiff was entitled to a fee award. (Id.) The magistrate judge determined the fees requested were reasonable, and recommended…