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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ELIZABETH B., Case No. 21-cv-02368-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

v. FOR EAJA FEES

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Re: Dkt. No. 33 Defendant.

12 In this Social Security case, Plaintiff seeks attorney’s fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”) following this Court’s remand of her disability benefits case. (Dkt. No. 31.1) Plaintiff requests the Court award her reasonable attorney’s fees in the amount of $16,462.14 and $22.80 in costs. (Dkt. No. 43 at 3.) The Commissioner opposes. Having carefully considered the papers submitted and the record in this case, the Court determines that oral argument is unnecessary, see N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b), and GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion. BACKGROUND This case stems from Plaintiff’s appeal of the Social Security Administration’s (“SSA”) denial of her application for disability benefits for a combination of physical and mental …