(SS) Verdun v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 NICOLE M. VERDUN, No. 2:22-cv-0345-SCR Plaintiff, v. ORDER COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

15 Defendant. 17 Plaintiff sought judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”), denying her application for benefits under the Social Security Act (“the Act”). On August 24, 2022, pursuant to a stipulation of the parties, this Court entered judgment remanding the matter to the Commissioner pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). ECF Nos. 10 & 11. Now pending before the court is Plaintiff’s February 21, 2024 Motion for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). ECF No. 14. The Commissioner has filed a statement that he “neither supports nor opposes counsel’s request for attorney’s fees.” ECF No. 15 at 2. Plaintiff herself has filed an opposition to her counsel’s request for fees. ECF No. 16. For the reasons set forth below, the Motion will be…