(SS) Hare v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MELISSA ELAINE HARE, No. 1:21-cv-01069-ADA-HBK Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING THE PARTIES’
STIPULATION FOR THE AWARD OF
v. ATTORNEY’S FEES UNDER THE EQUAL
ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT
KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, (ECF No. 26) 15 Defendant. 16 On July 8, 2021, Plaintiff Melissa Elaine Hare filed this action seeking review of a final decision of Defendant Commissioner of Social Security. (ECF No. 1.) The Court remanded the matter on December 19, 2022 for further administrative proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). (ECF No. 24.) On March 20, 2023, the parties filed a stipulation that Plaintiff should be awarded attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), in the amount of $5,500.00. (ECF No. 26 at 1.) The parties further stipulate that Plaintiff is not entitled to any costs under 28 U.S.C. § 1920. Accordingly, 1. Pursuant to the Equal Access to…