(SS) Mao v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DANNY MAO, Case No. 1:20-cv-00006-HBK Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING AWARD AND

PAYMENT OF ATTORNEYS FEES UNDER

v. THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT

AND MOOTING INITIAL MOTION

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (Doc. Nos. 28, 29) 15 Defendant. 16 Pending before the Court are Plaintiff’s initial motion for an award of attorney fees filed pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, with supporting declaration (Doc. No. 28); and the parties’ stipulated motion agreeing to a reduced amount of $10,000.00 in attorneys’ fees and expenses to Plaintiff’s attorney Jonathan O. Peña (Doc. No. 29), filed on June 2 and June 8, 2022, respectively. On March 4, 2022, this Court granted the Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment and remanded the case pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) to the Commissioner for further administrative proceedings. (Doc. No. 26). Judgment was entered the…