Sullivan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 PATRICK SULLIVAN, Case No.: 3:23-cv-00480-AHG 11 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING JOINT

12 v. MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES AND EXPENSES KIJAKAZI, Commissioner of Social

Security, [ECF No. 20] Defendant. 15 16 17

Before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion for the Award and Payment of Attorney Fees and Expenses. ECF No. 20. The parties jointly moved the court to award attorney fees and expenses pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). Id. For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS the parties’ joint motion. I. BACKGROUND The underlying action involves a challenge by former Plaintiff Renee Sullivan (“Renee S.”) to the denial of her application for social security disability insurance benefits. 26 On March 16, 2023, Renee S. filed a complaint against the acting Commissioner of Social 27 status report, as well as that a Joint Motion for Judicial Review of Final Decision of the 3 …