(SS) Ochoa v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ELIJAH PEDRO OCHOA, No. 1:23-cv-00030-ADA-GSA (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. 20) 15 Defendant. 16 On January 5, 2023, Plaintiff Elijah Pedro Ochoa 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 August 1, 2023, for further administrative proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). (ECF No. 18) On October 30, 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 $6,000.00. (ECF No. 20.) Accordingly, 1. Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), Plaintiff is awarded attorney’s…