Vicki Wade v. Kilolo Kijakazi

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

VICKI S. WADE, No. 20-35327 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 6:18-cv-02157- BR KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Anna J. Brown, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 9, 2021 Portland, Oregon

Filed September 24, 2021

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Richard C. Tallman, and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam Opinion SUMMARY *

Social Security / Costs

The panel denied a claimant’s request for printing costs associated with her Social Security appeal, which was recently resolved in claimant’s favor.

Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 39(a)(3) taxes costs against the appellee if the reviewing court reverses the underlying judgment, but costs for or against the United States will be assessed only if authorized by law. As a partial waiver of sovereign immunity, the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”) permits recovery of certain costs against the United States, unless prohibited by…