(SS) Ware III v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FREDERICK K. AMBROSE WARE III, No. 2:21-cv-0203 AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 17 Plaintiff sought judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”), denying his application benefits under the Social Security Act (“the Act”). On September 12, 2022, the court granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, denied the Commissioner’s motion, and reversed and remanded the action to the Commissioner for further proceedings. ECF Nos. 24, 25. Plaintiff was awarded benefits on remand. ECF No. 29 at 2. Now pending before the court is plaintiff’s July 25, 2023 motion for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). ECF No. 29. Defendant filed a response and does not oppose the fee request. ECF No. 32. For the reasons set forth below, the motion will be granted. /// /// I. REASONABLENESS…