(SS) MacGregor v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BEVERLY SUE MACGREGOR, No. 2:21-cv-00021-CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

15 Defendant.

17 Based on 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), counsel for plaintiff in the above-entitled action seeks an award of attorney fees in the amount of $33,933.68 for 26.6 hours of professional time devoted to the representation of plaintiff before this court. ECF Nos. 22 & 23. Counsel concedes that this amount should be offset in the amount of $6,127.37 for fees previously awarded under EAJA. See ECF No. 21. Defendant has not filed an opposition or otherwise responded to the motion. 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1)(A) provides, in relevant part: Whenever a court renders a judgment favorable to a claimant under this subchapter who was represented before the court by an attorney, the court may determine and allow as part of its judgment a reasonable fee for such representation, not in excess of 25 percent of the…