(SS) Montoya v. Commissioner of Social Security

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ANA GONZALEZ MONTOYA, Case No. 1:23-cv-00544-JLT-BAM 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

13 v. FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES PURSUANT TO

THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT,

14 MARTIN O’MALLEY, Commissioner of 28 U.S.C. § 2412 Social Security,1 15 (Doc. 24) Defendant. 16 17 I. INTRODUCTION 18 Plaintiff Ana Gonzalez Montoya, proceeding with counsel, commenced this Social 19 Security action on April 5, 2023. (Doc. 1.) On September 27, 2023, pursuant to the parties’ 20 stipulation, the court entered an order remanding the action for further administrative proceedings 21 pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), and entered judgment for plaintiff. (Docs. 17, 22 18.) 23 Currently pending before the court is plaintiff’s motion for an award of attorneys’ fees 24 under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”) in the amount of $13,157.05 for 54.2 hours of 25 work. (Doc. 20 at 2.) The Commissioner…