(SS) Rocha v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PHILLIP ANTHONY ROCHA, Case No. 1:20-cv-00613-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. 34) 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). (Doc. 34). The parties agree to an award of attorney’s fees to counsel for Plaintiff Phillip Anthony Rocha1 (“Plaintiff”), Jonathan O. Peña, in the amount of $9,000.00 pursuant to the EAJA, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). Id. Plaintiff does not seek reimbursement for costs pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1920. On July 25, 2023, the Court granted Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment and remanded this matter to the Commissioner for further proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). (Doc. 32). Judgment was entered the same day. (Doc. 33). On October 25, 2023,…