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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA GIANNA P., Case No.: 3:20-cv-01808-AGS Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) FEES (ECF 26) v. Martin O’MALLEY, Defendants. 8 Plaintiff’s counsel moves for attorney’s fees under U.S.C. § 406(b) after successfully receiving past due Social Security benefits of $105,974. for plaintiff. (ECF 26, at 16; see also ECF 26-3.) Counsel requests $10,500.00, offset by “an order to reimburse [plaintiff] the amount of $2,900.00 for . . . fees previously paid.” (ECF 26, at 1; see also ECF 28, at 3 (clarifying a typo in the original fee petition).) To date, neither plaintiff nor the Commissioner of Social Security has objected. “Under § 406(b), when a court renders a judgment favorable to a claimant who was represented before the court by an attorney, the court may award a reasonable fee for such representation, not in excess of 25 percent of the total of the past-due benefits to which the claimant is entitled…