(SS) Guzman v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MONICA TABAREZ GUZMAN, Case No. 1:20-cv-00514-CBD

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES PURSUANT TO

13 v. U.S.C. § 2412(d) 14 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL (Doc. 27) SECURITY, Defendant. 17 Introduction Pending before the Court is the motion pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), for award of attorney’s fees by Jonathan O. Peña (“Counsel”) of Peña & Bromberg, PC, for Plaintiff Monica Tabarez Guzman’s (“Plaintiff”), filed on March 22, 2022. (Doc. 27). Counsel seeks an award in the amount of $14,153.43. Id. at 1. Defendant Commissioner of Social Security (“Defendant”) did not file an opposition, statement of non- opposition, or otherwise respond; thus, Plaintiff’s motion is deemed unopposed. See Local Rule 230(c) (“A failure to file a timely opposition may also be construed by the Court as a non- opposition to the motion.”). Accordingly, for the reasons set…