(SS) Macquarrie v. Commissioner of Social Security

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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11 MELISSA LEE MACQUARRIE, Case No. 1:21-cv-00072-CDB (SS)

12 Plaintiff, ORDER ON STIPULATION FOR

ATTORNEY’S FEES PURSUANT TO THE

13 v. EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) 14 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (Docs. 27, 29) 15 Defendant. 16 17 Pending before the Court is the stipulated request of Plaintiff Melissa Lee Macquarrie 18 (“Plaintiff”) for the award of attorney’s fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act 19 (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d).1 (Doc. 29). Plaintiff requests an award of attorney’s fees in the 20 amount of $5,000 to counsel for Plaintiff, Jonathan O. Pena. Id. 21 On November 28, 2023, the Court issued an order granting Plaintiff’s motion for summary 22 judgment and remanding this action for further proceedings under sentence four 42 U.S.C. § 23 405(g). (Doc. 25). The Court held the Administrative Law Judge erred by not accounting for 24 Dr. Megan Stafford’s moderate limitations in Plaintiff’s residual functional capacity or offer an 25 adequate explanation…