(SS) Hare v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MELISSA ELAINE HARE, Case No. 1:21-cv-01069 JLT HBK Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING COUNSEL’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES v. (Doc. 28) LELAND DUDEK, Acting Commissioner of Social Security1, ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO MAIL A COPY OF THIS Defendant. ORDER TO PLAINTIFF 16 Jonathan O. Peña of Peña & Bromberg, PC, counsel for Plaintiff Melissa Elaine Hare, seeks an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). (Doc. 28.) Neither Plaintiff nor the Commissioner of Social Security opposed the motion. For the reasons set forth below, the motion for attorney’s fees is GRANTED in the amount of $30,590.78, subject to an offset of $5,500.00 in fees previously awarded under the Equal Access to Justice Act. I. Relevant Background Plaintiff entered into a “Fee Agreement [re:] Federal Court SSI/ Social Security Disability” with Counsel on June 28, 2021. (Doc. 28-3 at 1-2.) In the agreement, Plaintiff 25 …