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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Michael Sean Hubkey
Plaintiff

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL SEAN HUBKEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL 

SECURITY,

Defendant.

Case No. 18-cv-02280-JCS 

ORDER TO FILE RESPONSE TO 

MOTION FOR EAJA ATTORNEYS’

FEES

Re: Dkt. No. 29

After successfully obtaining remand for further administrative proceedings, Plaintiff 

Michael Sean Hubkey moved on December 11, 2019 for attorneys’ fees pursuant to the Equal 

Access to Justice Act. See dkt. 29. Although Hubkey’s attorney states in a declaration (Barasch

Decl. (dkt. 29-7) ¶ 6) and in a “Certificate of Meet and Confer” (dkt. 29-8) that the parties agreed 

to settle the motion for a sum of $5,500, the request is not presented as a stipulation and does not 

include a signature from counsel for Defendant the Commissioner of Social Security (the 

“Commissioner”). Nor has the Commissioner filed any response to the motion. 

This Court’s local rules require either an opposition brief to or a statement of nonopposition to be filed within fourteen days of the filing of a motion. See Civ. L.R. 7-3(a), (b). 

That deadline has passed, and no response has been filed. The Commissioner is ORDERED to 

file a response to Hubkey’s motion no later than February 18, 2020. If the Commissioner opposes 

the motion and disputes Hubkey’s representation that the parties reached a settlement, the 

Commissioner must show good cause for his failure to meet the initial deadline for an opposition 

brief.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 11, 2020 ______________________________________

JOSEPH C. SPERO

Chief Magistrate Judge

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