Gibbs
Gibbs v. Saul
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOHN F GIBBS, Case No. 19-cv-06199-SK
Plaintiff,
ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO
v. ALTER OR AMEND JUDGMENT ON ATTORNEYS' FEES ANDREW SAUL, Defendant. Regarding Docket No.
Now before the Court is Defendant Commissioner of Social Security’s motion to alter or amend judgment on the Court’s award of attorney fees. A motion to alter or amend judgment pursuant to Rule 59(e) may be made upon the following grounds: (1) the motion is “necessary to correct manifest errors of law or fact upon which the judgment is based;” (2) the moving party presents “newly discovered or previously unavailable evidence;” (3) the motion is necessary to “prevent manifest injustice;” or (4) there is an “intervening change in controlling law.” Turner v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, 338 F.3d 1058, 1063 (9th Cir. 2003). Defendant argues that the Court erred in considering Plaintiff’s counsel’s hours expended at the…