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1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 HABIBULLAH A., Case No.: 20-cv-1971-AGS 4 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) FEES (ECF 22) 5 v. 6 Carolyn COLVIN, 7 Defendant. 8 9 Plaintiff’s counsel moves for attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C § 406(b). Counsel 10 requests $35,000.00, offset by an order “to credit [plaintiff] for EAJA fees previously paid 11 in the amount of $4,782.87.” (ECF 22, at 1.) This request represents approximately 23% 12 of plaintiff’s past due benefits, which total $160,376.00. (ECF 22, at 5.) Plaintiff has not 13 objected. The government does not oppose. (See ECF 23, at 2.) 14 “Whenever a court renders a judgment favorable to a claimant,” “the court may 15 determine and allow as part of its judgment a reasonable fee for such representation, not in 16 excess of 25 percent of the total of the past-due benefits . . . .” 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). 17 In evaluating an attorney-fee request, courts “must respect the primacy of lawful attorney- 18 client fee arrangements,” “looking first to the…