(SS) Stiehr v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERIC J. STIEHR, No. 2:20-cv-00769 AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 17 Plaintiff sought judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”), denying his application for a period of disability and disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act (“the Act”). ECF No. 16. On December 2, 2020, the court reversed and remanded the action to the Commissioner pursuant to stipulation of the parties. ECF Nos. 18. 19. Now pending before the court is plaintiff’s August 15, 2022 motion for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). ECF No. 24 (a duplicate motion is filed at ECF No. 23). Defendant filed a statement of non-opposition. ECF No. 27. For the reasons set forth below, the motion at ECF No. 24 is GRANTED. The duplicative motion at ECF No. 23 is DENIED as MOOT. //// …