Fuhrmann
Fuhrmann v. Kijakazi
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EUREKA DIVISION 7 KIMBERLEE ANNE FUHRMANN, Case No. 21-cv-02290-RMI
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR
v. ATTORNEY’S FEES UNDER EAJA
KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Re: Dkt. No. 27 Defendant.
Plaintiff has filed an application for an award of attorney’s fees in the amount of $8,171.82 pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (dkt. 27). Defendant has not responded to the motion. BACKGROUND On September 19, 2022, the court issued an opinion and judgment granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment and denying Defendant’s Cross Motion for Summary Judgment. See (dkt. 25). The court found that the ALJ improperly rejected the opinion of a medical source— Dr. McAtee—by relying on “isolated snippets from the record,” which were “largely taken out of context.” Id. at 14. Given that “the overwhelming tide of the record evidence” supported the 22…