(SS) Gonzales v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 KAREN M. GONZALES, Case No. 1:21-cv-01008-ADA-HBK1 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO
GRANT PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR
13 v. ATTORNEY FEES UNDER THE EQUAL
ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT
14 KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ACTING
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL FOURTEEN-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD
15 SECURITY, (Doc. No. 28) 16 Defendant. 17 18 Pending before the Court is the Plaintiff’s motion for award of attorney’s fees filed on 19 November 7, 2022. (Doc. No. 28). Plaintiff’s attorney, Jonathan O. Peña, requests attorney fees 20 and expenses in the amount of $7,697.04, pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 21 28 U.S.C. § 2412. (Id.). The Commissioner has not responded to Plaintiff’s motion, and the 22 deadline for doing so has passed. For the reasons set forth more fully below, the undersigned 23 recommends the district court grant Plaintiff’s motion for EAJA attorney fees. 24 On August 5, 2022, this Court granted the parties’ stipulated motion…