Christopher Robert Blincoe v. Kilolo Kijakazi

I. INTRODUCTION

19 On December 5, 2024, Plaintiff’s counsel, Sima G. Aghai, Esq. (“Counsel”), 20 filed a Motion seeking attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). Counsel 21 requests attorney’s fees based on her firm’s representation of Plaintiff in this 22 Court in an action to obtain social security benefits. The Court takes Counsel’s 23 Motion under submission without oral argument. For the reasons stated below, 24 the Court grants the Motion.

1 Carolyn W. Colvin became the Acting Commissioner of Social Security on November 30, 2024. Pursuant to Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Carolyn W. Colvin should be substituted for Martin O’Malley as the defendant in this suit. 1 On February 9, 2023, Plaintiff filed his Complaint in this action. On September 20, 2023, pursuant to a stipulated remand, judgment was entered remanding the case to the Social Security Administration for further proceedings. (ECF 19, 20.) On remand, Plaintiff was awarded $104,510.80 in retroactive benefits. (Counsel Decl. ¶ 2 Ex. 2.) On December 5, 2024, Counsel moved in this Court for attorney fees in the…