McKnight

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHELE M., Case No.: 19-cv-00272-JLB

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING JOINT

v. MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES

ANDREW SAUL, Acting Commissioner

of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 16 [ECF No. 26] 17 Before the Court is the parties’ joint motion1 to award Plaintiff attorneys’ fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. (ECF No. 26.) For the reasons discussed below, the parties’ joint motion is GRANTED. I. BACKGROUND On February 6, 2019, Plaintiff filed a Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 405(g) and 1383(c)(3) seeking judicial review of a decision by the Commissioner of Social Security (“the Commissioner”) denying her applications for a period of disability and

26 The Court construes the parties’ “joint stipulation” as a joint motion. See CivLR 7.2.b. (“Any stipulation for which court approval is sought must be first filed as a ‘joint 28 disability…