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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 E.P., Case No. 22-cv-05830-VKD

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S v. COUNSEL’S MOTION FOR

ATTORNEYS’ FEES

FRANK BISIGNANO, Re: Dkt. No. 25 Defendant.

13 Plaintiff E.P. filed this action for review of an unfavorable decision by the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”). The Court granted in part and denied in part E.P.’s and the Commissioner’s respective summary judgment motions, remanded the matter for further administrative proceedings, and entered judgment for E.P. Dkt. Nos. 21, 22. The Court subsequently granted the parties’ stipulation to award attorneys’ fees in the amount of $8,200 to E.P.’s counsel, Francesco Benavides, pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”). Dkt. No. 24. In August 2025, following remand, the Commissioner issued a fully favorable decision, finding that E.P. was disabled since August 31, 2018. Dkt. No. 25-2 at ECF 11. In…