Michele Belanger v. Kilolo Kijakazi

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 12 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MICHELE BELANGER, No. 17-35656

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 6:07-cv-01727-AA

v.

MEMORANDUM*

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Ann L. Aiken, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted May 9, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: McKEOWN and OWENS, Circuit Judges, and HELLERSTEIN,*** District Judge.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). *** The Honorable Alvin K. Hellerstein, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation. Michele Belanger appeals from the district court’s order denying her motion

for attorneys’ fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C.

§ 2412. Belanger…