Cetraro

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TERESA A CETRARO,

Case No. 20-cv-00916-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION FOR

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ATTORNEY FEES

Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

15 In this Social Security appeal, plaintiff Teresa A. Cetraro obtained a favorable ruling that remanded her disability claim to the Social Security Administration for a reevaluation of her Residual Functional Capacity and whether she should be found to be disabled. Cetraro now seeks an award of attorney fees in the amount of $14,693.60 and costs in the amount of $400.00, to be paid directly to her attorney, Barbara Arnold, under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”). Fee motions in Social Security actions have become increasingly rare. The Court appreciates the efforts the Commissioner and the plaintiffs’ bar generally have made in these cases to meet and confer in good…