1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 6 DINA SALKHAM, Case No. 2:22-cv-01631-NJK

7 Plaintiff, ORDER 8 v. [Docket No. 20] 9 KILOLO KIJAKAZI, 10 Defendant. 11 Pending before the Court is a stipulation to award Plaintiff $1,300 in attorney’s fees 12 pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”). Docket No. 20. The fee request reflects a 13 decrease from the total amount of fees claimed based on hours expended. See Docket No. 20-1 at 14 11 (claiming total fee amount of $1,797.48). 15 Although unopposed, the Court will review the reasonableness of the fee award. See, e.g., 16 Douzat v. Saul,

, at *1 (D. Nev. June 11, 2020) (collecting cases). Fees awarded 17 under the EAJA are determined based on the lodestar approach, except that the hourly rates are 18 capped unless the Court in its discretion determines otherwise. See Costa v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec. 19 Admin.,

(9th Cir. 2012); see also

(d)(2)(A). The Court will 20 allow the rate sought here for attorney Kalagian, particularly in light of the fees awarded to counsel 21 in other cases. See Docket No. 20-1 at 6; see also Maceachern v. Kijakazi, No. 2:21-cv-01597- 22 NJK, Docket No. 18 (D. Nev. Mar. 7, 2022); United Steelworkers of Am. v. Phelps Dodge Corp., 23

(9th Cir. 1990).1 Moreover, the attorney hours expended appear to be 24 reasonable. 25

26 1 An additional 3.3 hours are claimed for attorney Perales, for whom no information is provided as to an appropriate rate. See Docket No. 20-2. Moreover, only generalized information 27 is provided for the paralegal rate. See Docket No. 20-1 at 6. The Court is not as confident in the rates being sought for attorney Perales or for the paralegals. Cf. Douzat,

, at 28 *3-4. Nonetheless, the adjustment that would likely be made with respect to these rates does not appear to put the total amount of reasonable fees below the $1,300 sought in this case. So, the 1 Accordingly, the stipulation for attorney’s fees in the amount of $1,300 is GRANTED. 2 IT IS SO ORDERED 3 Dated: March 9, 2023 4 ZH ae for Nancy 1 Rope 5 United States Magistrate Judge 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27] AAA Court will approve the amount of fees sought even though it may well be that these rates would be subject to reduction.