(SS)Ruiz
(SS)Ruiz v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
MARIA DOLORES RUIZ, Case No. 1:23-cv-00826-CDB (SS)
Plaintiff, ORDER ON STIPULATION FOR AWARD
OF ATTORNEY’S FEES PURSUANT TO
v. THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) AND COSTS COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (Doc. 18) 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. 18). The parties agree to an award of attorney’s fees to counsel for Plaintiff Maria Dolores Ruiz (“Plaintiff”), Jacqueline Anna Forslund, in the amount of $12,500.00 pursuant to the EAJA, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), and $402.00 in costs under 28 U.S.C. § 1920. Id. On December 4, 2023, the Court entered an order on the parties’ stipulation to grant voluntary remand and remanded this matter to the Commissioner for further proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). (Doc. 16). Judgment was entered the same day.…