NERIO MEJIA v. O'MALLEY

No. 23-3162.

120 F.4th 1360 (2024)

Consuelo Griselda NERIO MEJIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Martin J. O'MALLEY, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted October 25, 2024 San Francisco, California.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dolly M. Trompeter, Law Office of Dolly M. Trompeter, Fresno, California; Jonathan O. Peña, Peña & Bromberg PLC, Fresno, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Timothy R. Bolin and Elizabeth Firer, Special Assistant United States Attorneys; Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, San Francisco, California; David M. Harris, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Civil Division; E. Martin Estrada, United States Attorney; United States Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California; for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, John B. Owens, and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Consuelo Griselda Nerio Mejia appeals from the district court's order awarding her only a reduced amount of the attorneys' fees that she sought under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, after she prevailed in her suit challenging the denial of disability benefits by the Social...

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