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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JANET T., Case No.: 22-cv-00616-JLB

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING JOINT

v. MOTION FOR AWARD OF

ATTORNEY’S FEES PURSUANT TO

MARTIN O’MALLEY, Acting

THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE

Commissioner of Social Security,1 ACT (28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)) Defendant. 16 [ECF No. 19]

Pending before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion for Award of Attorney’s Fees Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). (ECF No. 19.) For the reasons that follow, the joint motion is GRANTED. I. BACKGROUND On May 2, 2022, Plaintiff Janet T. (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) seeking judicial review of a decision by Martin O’Malley, the Acting

26 Martin O’Malley, the current Acting Commissioner of Social Security, is automatically substituted as the defendant for Kilolo Kijakazi, the former Acting 28 Commissioner of…