Mendez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHERYL KYLES MENDEZ, Case No.: 21cv1523-LL-KSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING JOINT

v. MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES

AND COSTS

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting

Commissioner of Social Security, [ECF No. 14] Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff Cheryl Kyles Mendez originally brought this case against Kilolo Kijakazi, the Acting Commissioner of Social Security, on August 27, 2021, seeking judicial review of the denial of her application for a period of disability and disability insurance benefits. ECF No. 1. On September 6, 2022, the Court granted the parties’ joint motion to remand this action to the Social Security Administration (“the Agency”) and vacate the denial of Plaintiff’s application pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). ECF No. 13. On March 14, 2023, the parties filed the instant Joint Motion for the Award and Payment of Attorney Fees and Expenses Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28…