(SS) Guzman v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JUAN GUZMAN, No. 2:22-cv-00799 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 $24,417.75 for 77.45 hours of professional time devoted to the representation of plaintiff before this court in two separate actions. ECF No. 33. Counsel concedes that this amount should be offset in the amount of $16,383.93 for fees previously awarded under EAJA in both cases. Defendant has filed a response. ECF No. 34. 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

1 See also Guzman v.…