Jennifer Lee Swars v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JENNIFER LEE SWARS, Case No. 2:23-cv-01351-CSK Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR
ATTORNEY FEES
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (ECF No. 18) 15 Defendant.
17 Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Jennifer Lee Swars’s counsel’s motion for attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), seeking an award of $15,000.1 Pl. Mot. (ECF No. 18.) This amount represents approximately 15% of Plaintiff’s past-due benefits of $96,958. Pl. Mot. at 3; ECF No. 18-1 at 3. This is less than the 25% Plaintiff and Plaintiff’s counsel agreed to in the contingency agreement. Pl. Mot. at 3. Counsel agrees to refund to Plaintiff $7,600 for attorney’s fees previously paid under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”). See Pl. Mot. at 1. For the reasons that follow, the undersigned GRANTS the motion for attorney’s
26 This matter is before the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) based on the consent of all parties. (ECF Nos.…