(SS) Campos v. Commissioner of Social Security

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JORGE CAMPOS, Case No. 2:21-cv-00169-JDP 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES UNDER THE

13 v. EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT 14 KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff moves for an award of attorney’s fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice 18 Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1). ECF No. 23. Plaintiff seeks fees in the amount of 19 $4,598.48 based on 21.7 total hours of work: 20.5 hours in 2021 and .6 hours in 2022 at the 20 corresponding statutory-maximum rates of $217.54 and $231.49. ECF Nos. 23 & 25-2. Plaintiff 21 also seeks $2.75 in costs for mailing documents, for a total award of $4,601.23. Id. 22 The EAJA provides that a prevailing party other than the United States should be awarded 23 fees and other expenses incurred by that party in any civil action brought by or against the United 24 States, “unless the court finds that the position of the United States was…