(SS) Ortega v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARIA TARESLI ORTEGA, Case No. 1:22-cv-01058-HBK Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING AWARD AND

PAYMENT OF ATTORNEYS FEES UNDER

v. THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT

AND MOOTING EARLIER FILED MOTION1

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL (Doc. Nos. 16, 17) SECURITY, Defendant. 17 Pending before the Court is the parties’ corrected2 stipulated motion for attorney fees filed on March 22, 2023. (Doc. No. 17). The parties agree to an award of attorney’s fees and expenses to Plaintiff’s attorney, Andrew K. Shaffer of Borah & Shaffer, in the amount of $2,638.99 pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, and costs in the amount of $402.00 under 28 U.S.C. § 1920. (Id.). On February 16, 2023, this Court granted the parties’ Stipulated Motion for Voluntary Remand and remanded the case pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) to the Commissioner for further administrative…