(SS) Cross v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DONNA CROSS, Case No. 1:23-cv-00424-ADA-HBK Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

GRANT PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

v. ATTORNEY FEES UNDER THE EQUAL

ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT1

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ACTING

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL FOURTEEN-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD

SECURITY, (Doc. No. 17) Defendant. 17 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for attorney fees filed on August 22, 2023. (Doc. No. 17). Plaintiff requests an award attorney’s fees and expenses to Plaintiff’s attorney, Melissa Markos Nyman of Nyman Turkish, PC, in the amount of $8,011.74, and costs in the amount of $402.00, pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1920, 2412. (Id.). On August 9, 2023, the 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.…