(SS) Smith v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CURTIS E. SMITH, No. 2:18-cv-02757 AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

15 Defendant. 17 After receiving a final denial of an application for disability benefits under the Social Security Act, plaintiff filed this action seeking judicial review under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). ECF. No. 1. Thereafter, the parties filed their respective briefs, and this court remanded for further administrative proceedings under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). ECF No. 14, 17, 18-19. Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, this Court then ordered payment of attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), in the amount of $2,500. ECF Nos. 20, 21. On remand, plaintiff was found to be disabled as of September 2014, resulting in an award of past-due benefits. ECF Nos. 22-2, 22-3. Now pending before the court is plaintiff’s July 12, 2021 motion for an award of attorney’s fees…