(SS) Embernate v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHERRELYN EMBERNATE, No. 2:17-cv-0040 JAM DB Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security1, 15 Defendant. 17 Plaintiff brought this action seeking judicial review of a final administrative decision denying an application for Disability Insurance Benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act.2 On April 26, 2018, the assigned District Judge entered an order granting plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and remanding this matter for further proceedings. (ECF No. 19.) On March 26, 2020, counsel for plaintiff filed a motion for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). (ECF No. 26.) Plaintiff and plaintiff’s counsel have entered into 24 1 Andrew Saul became the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration on June 17, 2019. 25 See https://www.ssa.gov/agency/commissioner.html (last visited by the court on July 30, 2019). Accordingly, Andrew Saul is substituted in…