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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:1383 Review of HHS Decision (regarding payment of benefits)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Deidre A. WALKER,

Plaintiff,

v.

Andrew SAUL,

Defendants.

Case No.: 19-cv-1068-AGS

ORDER GRANTING JOINT 

MOTION FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES 

(ECF No. 23)

On January 29, 2020, the Court granted the parties’ joint motion to remand this case

to the Social Security Administration under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), sentence four. (ECF 

No. 21.) The parties now jointly move, under the Equal Access to Justice Act, for an order 

awarding plaintiff $3,100 in attorney’s fees. (ECF No. 23, at 1.)

DISCUSSION

“Under EAJA, a litigant is entitled to attorney's fees and costs if: (1) [s]he is the

prevailing party, (2) the government fails to show that its position was substantially 

justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust; and (3) the requested fees and 

costs are reasonable.” Carbonell v. INS, 429 F.3d 894, 898 (9th Cir. 2005) (citing 

28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A)).

Plaintiff satisfies all three elements. “A sentence-four remand, of course, is a 

judgment for the plaintiff.” Shalala v. Schaefer, 509 US. 292, 302 (1993). Defendant has 

offered no argument that its position was substantially justified or that an award of fees 

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would be unjust. (See ECF No. 23.) And plaintiff’s counsel’s rate of $200.78 for 13.8 hours 

(see ECF No. 25, at 2) is both below the 2019 EAJA rate of $205.25 and represents a 

reasonable amount of time expended in this case. 

CONCLUSION

For good cause shown, the joint motion for attorney’s fees is GRANTED.

Dated: March 19, 2020

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