(SS) Henshaw v. Commissioner of Social Security

I. INTRODUCTION

16 On September 6, 2019, counsel for Plaintiff Tami Lanea Henshaw (“Plaintiff”) filed a motion for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). (Doc. 30.) On September 9, 2019, the Court issued a minute order requiring Plaintiff and the Commissioner to file their responses in opposition or statements of non-opposition to Plaintiff’s counsel’s motion, if any, by no later than September 27, 2019. (Doc. 31.) Plaintiff and the Commissioner were served with copies of the motion for attorney’s fees and the minute order. (Doc. 32.) On September 12, 2019, the Commissioner filed a statement of non-opposition, stating that the Commissioner “has no objection to the fee request.” (Doc. 33.) Plaintiff did not file any objection to the motion by the September 27, 2019 deadline. (See Docket.) 26 On June 17, 2019, Andrew Saul became the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. See https://www.ssa.gov/agency/commissioner.html (last visited by the court on September 13, 2019). He is therefore substituted as the defendant in this action. See 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) (referring to the…