(SS) Brager v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LYNN SUSAN BRAGER, No. 2:20-cv-1092 DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security1, 15 Defendant. 17 This matter is before the court on plaintiff’s motion for attorney’s fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”). (ECF No. 24.) Plaintiff brought this action seeking judicial review of a final administrative decision denying plaintiff’s application for Disability Insurance Benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. (ECF No. 1.) On March 29, 2022, the Court granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, denied defendant’s motion, and

1 After the filing of this action Kilolo Kijakazi was appointed Acting Commissioner of Social Security and has, therefore, been substituted as the defendant. See 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) (referring 25 to the “Commissioner’s Answer”); 20 C.F.R. § 422.210(d) (“the person holding the Office of the Commissioner shall, in his official capacity, be the…