(SS) Martinez v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

5 ANTHONY MARTINEZ, Case No. 1:21-cv-01440-GSA 6 Plaintiff, STIPULATION FOR THE AWARD AND

PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES AND

v. EXPENSES PURSUANT TO THE

EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT;

9 KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting ORDER Commissioner of Social Security, 11 Defendant. 12 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties through their 13 undersigned counsel, subject to the approval of the Court, that Plaintiff be awarded 14 attorney fees and expenses in the amount of $6,700.23, under the Equal Access to 15 Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). This amount represents compensation for all 16 legal services rendered on behalf of Plaintiff by counsel in connection with this civil 17 action, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. §§ 2412(d), 1920. 18 After the Court issues an order for EAJA fees to Plaintiff, the government will 19 consider the matter of Plaintiff’s assignment of EAJA fees to counsel. Pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586, 598, 130 S.Ct. 2521, 177 L.Ed.2d 91 (2010), the ability to honor the assignment will…