Kijakazi

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Case No.: 22CV0669-BLM 11 NOREEN E. S.,

12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

AUTHORIZATION OF ATTORNEY’S

13 v. FEES UNDER, 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)

14 FRANK BISIGNANO, Commissioner of Social [ECF Nos. 20, 22] Security, 15 Defendant. 16

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18 19 20 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s August 28, 2025, Motion for Attorney’s Fees 21 Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) [ECF No. 20 (“Mot.”)] and Defendant’s August 29, 2025, response 22 [ECF No. 21 (“Response”)], Plaintiff’s Amended Motion [ECF No. 22 (“Amd. Mtn.”)], and 23 Defendant’s response to the Amended Motion [ECF No. 24 (“Addt’l Response”)]. For the reasons 24 set forth below, Plaintiff’s motion is GRANTED. 25 BACKGROUND 26 On May 12, 2022, Plaintiff filed a complaint in this matter seeking judicial review of the 27 denial of her application for Social Security “disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income benefits” for lack of disability. ECF No. 1. 1 …