(SS)Sweeley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

11 MICHAEL SWEELEY, Case No. 1:23-cv-01209-EPG 12 Plaintiff, STIPULATION FOR THE AWARD AND PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES PURSUANT v. TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT;

ORDER

MARTIN O’MALLEY, Commissioner of Social Security, (ECF No. 23) 16 Defendant. 17 Plaintiff seeks an award of attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 18 28 U.S.C. § 2412 et seq. After Plaintiff filed a present motion (ECF No. 20), the parties engaged in 19 good faith negotiations. Defendant, the Commissioner of Social Security (Commissioner), by his 20 undersigned counsel, and Plaintiff, by his counsel, Jared Walker, now agree and stipulate as follows: 1. Plaintiff was the prevailing party in this matter; 2. Plaintiff was an individual whose net worth did not exceed $2,000,000 at the time the civil action was filed; 3. The position of the Commissioner was not substantially justified; 4. An award of fees is not unjust; 5. An award of…