(SS) Meharg v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MADISON MEHARG, No. 1:22-cv-01296-ADA-HBK (SS) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING THE PARTIES’
STIPULATION FOR THE AWARD OF
v. ATTORNEY’S FEES UNDER THE EQUAL
ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT
KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, (ECF No. 22) 15 Defendant. 16 On October 11, 2022, Plaintiff Madison Meharg filed this action seeking review of a final decision of Defendant Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security. (ECF No. 1.) The Court remanded the matter on June 30, 2023 for further administrative proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). (ECF No. 20.) On September 26, 2023, the parties filed a stipulation that Plaintiff should be awarded attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), in the amount of $5,118.02. (ECF No. 22.) Accordingly, 1. Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), Plaintiff is awarded attorney’s…