(SS) Stewart v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LISA MARIA STEWART, No. 1:22-cv-00189-ADA-HBK (SS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER ADOPTING THE PARTIES’
STIPULATION FOR THE AWARD OF
KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting ATTORNEY’S FEES UNDER THE EQUAL Commissioner of Social Security, ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT 15 Defendant. (ECF No. 24)
17 On February 14, 2022, Plaintiff Lisa Maria Stewart 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 9, 2023 for further administrative proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). (ECF No. 21.) On November 6, 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 $5,500.00. (ECF No. 24.) Accordingly, 1. Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2414(d), Plaintiff is awarded…