(SS) Francis v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JACQUELINE DENISE FRANCIS, No. 2:17-cv-01993 AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 17 Plaintiff sought judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”), denying her application for a period of disability benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act (“the Act”). ECF No. 1 at 1. On January 2, 2019, the court granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, denied the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment, and remanded the action to the Commissioner with for further consideration. ECF No. 18. Now pending before the court is plaintiff’s December 21, 2020 motion for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). ECF No. 24. On December 22, 2020, defendant filed a statement of non-opposition asserting that defendant “is not in a position to either assent or //// //// object” to the fee request. ECF…