(SS) Ramirez De Fuentes v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARIA SOCORRO RAMIREZ DE No. 1:20-cv-00685-HBK

FUENTES,

12 Plaintiff. ORDER GRANTNG AWARD AND v. PAYMENT OF ATTORNEYS FEES UNDER THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT

COMMISSIONER OF

SOCIAL SECURITY, (Doc. No. 19)

Defendant.

20 Pending before the court is plaintiff’s stipulated motion for attorney fees filed April 1, 2021. (Doc. No. 19). Plaintiff seeks attorney’s fees and expenses in the amount of $2,825.00 pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. (Id.). On March 1, 2021, this Court granted the parties’ Stipulation for Voluntary Remand pursuant to Sentence Four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) and reversed and remanded the case to the Commissioner for further administrative proceedings. (Doc. No. 18). Plaintiff now requests an award of fees as the prevailing party under that order. See 28 U.S.C. § 2412(a) & (d)(1)(A); Fed. R.…