(SS) Beggs v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TIFFANY MARIE BEGGS, Case No. 1:21-cv-01579-HBK Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING AWARD AND

PAYMENT OF ATTORNEYS FEES UNDER

v. THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT1 KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ACTING (Doc. No. 17)

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY, Defendant. 17 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for the award and payment of attorney fees filed on December 7, 2022. (Doc. No. 17). Plaintiff requests an award of attorney fees and expenses to his attorney, Stuart T. Barasch, in the amount of $6,755.21 pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. (Id.). The Commissioner filed a statement of non-opposition on December 20, 2022. (Doc. No. 18). On September 14, 2022, this Court granted the parties’ stipulated motion to remand the case pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) to the Commissioner for further administrative proceedings. (Doc. No. 15). Judgment was entered the same…