(SS) Hayes v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HANNAH NICOLE HAYES, Case No. 1:23-cv-00714-CDB

Plaintiff, ORDER ON STIPULATION FOR AWARD

OF ATTORNEY FEES PURSUANT TO THE

v. EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (Doc. 14) Defendant. 16 Pending before the Court is the parties’ stipulated motion for award of attorney’s fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), filed July 17, 2023. (Doc. 14). The parties agree to an award of attorney’s fees to Plaintiff Hannah Nicole Hayes’s (“Plaintiff”) counsel, Francesco Paulo Benavides, in the amount of $1,980.62. On July 11, 2023, the Court granted the parties’ stipulated motion for a 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. 12). Judgment was entered the same day. (Doc. 13). Plaintiff requests an award of attorney fees and expenses as the prevailing party. Id.; see 25 …