(SS) Weimortz v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EMILY WEIMORTZ, No. 2:21-cv-0565-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 January 26, 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. 18 & 19. Now pending before the court is Plaintiff’s May 20, 2024 Motion for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). ECF No. 24. The Commissioner has filed a statement that he “neither supports nor opposes counsel’s request for attorney’s fees.” ECF No. 25 at 2. However, the Commissioner does comment in regard to Plaintiff’s request for a “net” award that “the Order distinguish between the full amount…