(SS) Parra v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JUAN CARLOS PARRA, Case No. 1:21-cv-01798-CDB (SS)

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION FOR

ATTORNEY’S FEES PURSUANT TO THE

v. EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (Doc. 26) Defendant. 16 Pending before the Court is the stipulated request of Plaintiff Juan Carlos Parra (“Plaintiff”) for the award of attorney’s fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). (Doc. 26). Plaintiff requests an award of attorney’s fees in the amount of $7,000 to counsel for Plaintiff, Jonathan O. Pena. Id. On October 31, 2023, the Court issued an order granting in part Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and remanding this action for further proceedings under sentence four 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). (Doc. 24). The Court found that substantial evidence supported the Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) conclusion at Step Three that Plaintiff’s multiple sclerosis did not meet or…