(SS) Johnson 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 MARK JOHNSON, Case No. 2:19-cv-02001-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 ECF No. 33 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. 33. He seeks fees in the amount of $16,922.75 19 based on 79.25 hours of work performed between 2019 and 2022: one hour of work in 2019 at the 20 statutory-maximum rate of $205.25, 31.25 hours in 2020 at the statutory-maximum rate of 21 $207.78, and 47 hours of work in 2021 and 2022 at the statutory-maximum rate for 2021 of 22 $217.54. See ECF No. 33 at 3-6.1 23 The EAJA provides that a prevailing party other than the United States should be awarded 24 fees and other expenses incurred by that party in any civil action brought by or against the United 25 States, “unless…