(SS) Macquarrie v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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

Plaintiff, ORDER ON STIPULATION FOR

ATTORNEY’S FEES PURSUANT TO THE

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