(SS) Wares v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 SUSAN RAE WARES, 1:15-cv-01056-EPG Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

COUNSEL’S MOTION FOR

v. ATTORNEY’S FEES PURSUANT TO 42 ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social U.S.C. § 406(b) Security, (ECF No. 21) Defendant. 15 On July 9, 2019, Plaintiff’s counsel, Shellie Lott, filed a motion for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). (ECF No. 21.) Plaintiff and Defendant were served with a copy of the motion. (ECF No. 22.) Defendant filed a response to the motion in which Defendant does not take a position on the reasonableness of the request for attorney’s fees. (ECF No. 23.) Plaintiff has not filed an objection or other response to the motion. For the reasons set forth below, the motion for an award of attorney’s fees is GRANTED in the amount of $15,522, subject to an offset of $ 5,225 in fees already awarded pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”) on December 12, 2016. (See ECF No. 20.) I. …