O'Malley

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CONSUELO GRISELDA NERIO No. 23-3162

MEJIA,

D.C. No. 2:21-cv-09115- Plaintiff-Appellant, MAA

v.

OPINION

MARTIN J. O’MALLEY,

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Maria A. Audero, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

Submitted October 25, 2024 * San Francisco, California

Filed November 4, 2024

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, John B. Owens, and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Collins

* The panel unanimously concludes that this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See FED. R. APP. P. 34(a)(2)(C). NERIO MEJIA V. O’MALLEY

SUMMARY **

Equal Access to Justice Act

The panel reversed the district court’s order awarding Consuelo Griselda Nerio Mejia a reduced amount of the attorneys’ fees that she sought under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, after she prevailed in her suit challenging the denial of disability benefits by the Social Security Administration (“SSA”), and remanded with…