Legal Opinion

Barnett v. Social Security

District Court, D. Nevada

Decided August 1, 2022No. 2:21-cv-01817Unknown

1Opinion

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 6 7 JEFFREY P. BARNETT, Case No. 2:21-cv-01817-NJK 8 Plaintiff(s), ORDER 9 v. [Docket No. 30] 10 KILOLO KIJAKAZI, 11 Defendant(s). 12 Pending before the Court is an unopposed motion to award Plaintiff attorneys’ fees 13 pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), as well as to award costs. Docket No. 30. 14 The Commissioner takes no position on the motion. See id. at 6. 15 The Court has an independent obligation to consider the reasonableness of the amount of 16 fees sought under the EAJA regardless of whether the request is…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Missouri v. Jenkins Ex Rel. AgyeiSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Scott Fischer v. sjb-p.d. Inc., a California Corporation, Dba Cedar Creek Inn Svenja Bienlefeld Michael ViliunasCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
  3. Costa v. Commissioner of Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
  4. 87 South Rothschild Liquor Mart, Inc. v. KozubowskiDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1991

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