(SS) Foucht v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARY NICHOLS FOUCHT, Case No. 1:22-cv-00068-AWI-CDB

Plaintiff, ORDER ON STIPULATION AWARDING

PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES AND

v. EXPENSES PURSUANT TO THE EQUAL

ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (ECF No. 24) Defendant.

16 17 Pending before the Court is the parties’ stipulated motion for award and payment of attorney fees and expenses pursuant to the equal access to justice act. (ECF No. 24). The parties agree to an award of attorney’s fees and costs to Plaintiff Mary Nichols Foucht’s (“Plaintiff”) attorney, Jonathan Omar Peña, in the amount of $6,750.00 pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”). Id.; 28 U.S.C. § 2412. On September 30, 2022, the Court granted the parties’ stipulated motion for a remand and remanded the case pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) to the Commissioner for further administrative proceedings. (ECF No. 22). Judgment was entered the same day. (ECF No. 23). Plaintiff now requests an…