(SS) Bone v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRODRICK BONE, Case No. 2:20-cv-00615-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES UNDER THE

v. EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 16 Plaintiff moves for an award of attorney’s fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1). ECF No. 27. Plaintiff seeks attorney’s fees in the amount of $6,133.41 for the following: 19.25 hours of attorney work in 2020 at the statutory- maximum hourly rate of $207.78; 9.25 hours of attorney work in 2021 at the statutory-maximum hourly rate of $217.54; and .5 hours of attorney work in 2023 at the statutory-maximum hourly rate of $242.78. Id. The EAJA provides that a prevailing party other than the United States should be awarded fees and other expenses incurred by that party in any civil action brought by or against the United States, “unless the court finds that…