(SS) Nolen v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 DEBORAH ANN NOLEN, No. 2:17-cv-02505 AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 14 Defendant.

16 Plaintiff sought judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”), denying her application supplemental security income (“SSI”) benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act (“the Act”). ECF No. 1. On May 17, 2018, plaintiff filed her motion for summary judgment. ECF No. 14. On June 18, 2018, defendant filed a stipulation for voluntary remand. ECF No. 15. The stipulation was signed, and judgment entered, on June 19, 2017. ECF Nos. 16, 17. Now pending before the court is plaintiff’s October 29, 2019 motion for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). ECF No. 20. On November 18, 2019, defendant filed a response asserting that defendant “is not in a position to either assent or object” to the fee request. ECF No. 21 at 2. However,…