Simmons v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 30

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 07/09/18 ORDERING defendant pay plaintiffs attorney fees of $6,500. (Benson, A.)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SACRAMENTO DIVISION
THARON SIMMONS,
Plaintiff,
v.
NANCY A. BERRYHILL,
Acting Commissioner of
Social Security,
Defendant.
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Case No: 2:16−CV−02612−EFB
[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING
STIPULATED ATTORNEY FEES
UNDER THE EQUAL ACCESS
TO JUSTICE ACT

Plaintiff seeks an award of attorney fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28

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U.S.C. Section 2412. The parties have stipulated that a reasonable attorney fee is Six Thousand

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Five Hundred Dollars and No Cents ($6,500.00), and have jointly moved the Court to enter an

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Order awarding attorney fees to Plaintiff in that amount.

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Accordingly, IT IS SO ORDERED that:

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1. Plaintiff’s motion for attorney fees (DOC No. 28) is granted;  

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2. The Defendant shall pay to Plaintiff the sum of Six Thousand Five Hundred Dollars  
and No Cents ($6,500.00) as reasonable attorney fees in this matter; and

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3.

The Clerk is directed to terminate the motion for attorney’s fees at ECF No. 28.  

DATED: July 9 2018.
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EDMUND F. BRENNAN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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[Proposed] Order Granting Stipulated Attorney
Fees Under the Equal Access to Justice Act