(SS) Bettencourt v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN JOSEPH BETTENCOURT, Case No. 1:23-cv-01060-CDB (SS)

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. 17) 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. 17). The parties agree to an award of attorney’s fees to counsel for Plaintiff John Joseph Bettencourt (“Plaintiff”), Francesco P. Benavides, in the amount of $7,800.00 pursuant to the EAJA, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). Id. On November 16, 2023, the Court issued an order on the parties’ stipulated request for voluntary remand of this action to the Commissioner for further administrative proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). (Doc. 15). Judgment was entered the same day. (Doc. 16). On December 13, 2023, Plaintiff filed the pending…