1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Case No.: 24-cv-2257-DMS-JLB 11 EDWARD W. CLAYTON,

12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING JOINT v. MOTION FOR THE AWARD AND 13 PAYMENT OF EQUAL ACCESS TO LELAND DUDEK, Acting Commissioner 14 JUSTICE ACT FEES AND of Social Security, EXPENSES 15 Defendant. 16 17 18 Pending before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion for the Award and Payment of 19 Equal Access to Justice Act Fees and Expenses. (ECF No. 13). The Court finds that the 20 rates requested are consistent with the statutory maximum hourly rates, as described by the 21 Ninth Circuit. See Statutory Maximum Rates Under the Equal Access to Justice, U.S. CTS. 22 FOR THE NINTH CIR., https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/attorneys/statutory-maximum-rates/ 23 (last visited Mar. 5, 2025). The parties’ requested legal assistance rate is also consistent 24 with legal assistant or paralegal rates awarded in this district. See Durruthy v. Charter 25 Commc’ns, LLC, No. 20-CV-01374-W-MSB,

, at *6 (S.D. Cal. Sept. 30, 26 2021) (collecting cases). The Court also finds that hours expended by Plaintiff’s counsel 27 to be reasonable. Accordingly, the Court ORDERS that fees and expenses in the amount 28 1 $7,500.00 as authorized by

, and $405.00 in costs under 28 U.S.C. 2 || § 1920, be awarded subject to the terms of the Joint Motion. 3 IT IS SO ORDERED. 4 ||Dated: March 5, 2025 5 rn Yn « 6 Hon. Dana M. Sabraw > United States District Judge 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28