M.F.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

M. F., Plaintiff, No. C 20-08742 WHA

v.

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ORDER RE MOTION TO ALTER Acting Commissioner of the Social Security JUDGMENT Administration, Defendant.

16 17 In this social security appeal, plaintiff moves to alter judgment of an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA). This motion is suitable for resolution on the papers. Civ. L.R. 7-6. The hearing is accordingly VACATED, and for the reasons that follow, the motion is DENIED. An administrative law judge denied plaintiff’s application for disability benefits, whereafter plaintiff appealed the decision to federal district court. A November 2021 order herein found the ALJ had improperly discounted plaintiff’s symptom testimony and consequently granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and remanded the matter to the Acting Commissioner (Dkt. No. 25). Plaintiff then filed a motion for $28,780.09 in attorney’s fees…