(SS) Gonzales v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROSEMARY GONZALES, Case No. 1:21-cv-01353-HBK Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING AWARD AND

PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY’S FEES UNDER

v. THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT1 KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ACTING (Doc. No. 25)

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY, Defendant. 17 Pending before the Court is the Plaintiff’s motion for attorney fees filed on April 13, 2023. (Doc. No. 25). Plaintiff requests an award attorney’s fees to Plaintiff’s attorney, Jonathan O. Peña of Peña & Bromberg, PLC, in the amount of $5,268.96 pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. (Id.). On January 13, 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 proceedings. (Doc. No. 23). Judgment was entered the same day. (Doc. No. 24). Plaintiff now requests an award of fees as the…