(SS) Hall v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHELLY LEANN HALL, No. 2:20-cv-02036-EFB Plaintiff, v. ORDER COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,
15 Defendants. 16 Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), counsel for plaintiff in the above-entitled action seeks an award of attorney fees in the amount of $29,976.18. ECF No. 30. Neither defendant nor plaintiff have filed any response. For the reasons set forth below, the court grants the motion. The uncontested record before the court demonstrates that plaintiff entered into a retainer agreement with her attorney that provided that she would pay counsel 25 percent of any past-due benefits won as a result of the appeal in this case. ECF No. 30-2 at 1. In October 2020, plaintiff, through counsel, filed a complaint in this court seeking review of defendant’s adverse decision against her. ECF No. 1. Ultimately, this court granted summary judgment in plaintiff’s favor, ECF No. 25, and, on remand, plaintiff was awarded $119,904.70 in past-due…