Bryant
Bryant v. Berryhill
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ROSALI DENISE BRYANT, Case No. 18-cv-01514-DMR
8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
APPLICATION FOR AWARD OF
9 v. ATTORNEYS’ FEES PURSUANT TO
EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT
10 ANDREW SAUL,1 Re: Dkt. No. 26 11 Defendant.
12 Plaintiff Rosali Bryant moves the court pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act 13 (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, for an award of attorneys’ fees after securing a remand to the Social 14 Security Administration (“SSA”) on September 3, 2019. See Bryant v. Berryhill, No. 18-01514- 15 DMR, 2019 WL 4168911 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 3, 2019). Andrew Saul, the Commissioner of Social 16 Security, opposes the motion. For the reasons given below, the court grants Bryant’s motion. 17 I. BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY 18 Bryant applied for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) benefits on July 31, 2014. The 19 SSA denied her application on October 9, 2014 and again on reconsideration on March 2, 2015. 20 She then appealed to an…