(SS) Pryor v. Commissioner of Social Security

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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11 DAVID PRYOR, Case No. 1:21-cv-00709-CDB (SS)

12 Plaintiff, ORDER ON STIPULATION GRANTING

AWARD OF ATTORNEY FEES

13 v. PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) 14 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (Doc. 28) 15 Defendant.

ORDER DENYING AS MOOT

16 PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEY’S

FEES

17 (Doc. 26) 18 19 Pending before the Court is the parties’ joint stipulated request for the award of attorney’s 20 fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), in the amount of 21 $11,450.00 to Jonathan O. Peña, counsel for Plaintiff David Pryor (“Plaintiff”).1 (Doc. 28). 22 The parties agree that an award of attorney’s fees to counsel for Plaintiff should be made 23 payable to Plaintiff, but if the Commissioner agrees to waive the requirements of the Anti- 24 Assignment Act and determines that Plaintiff has assigned the right to EAJA fees to counsel, and 25 the Department of the Treasury determines that Plaintiff…