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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA RAUL M., Case No.: 3:20-cv-02378-AGS Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) FEES (ECF 24) v. Martin O’MALLEY, Defendant. 8 Plaintiff’s counsel moves unopposed for $15,716. in attorney’s fees after successfully recovering past-due Social Security benefits for plaintiff. (ECF 24, at 1); see U.S.C. § 406(b)(1). Plaintiff received $62,866. in past-due benefits, meaning counsel’s request represents 25% of the recovery. (ECF 24, at 3.) “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 by reason of such judgment.” Culbertson v. Berryhill, 586 U.S. 53, 59 (2019) (quoting U.S.C. § 406(b)(1)(A)) (cleaned up and emphasis omitted). In a § 406(b) award, …