(SS) Vera v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROGACIANO VERA, No. 2:14-cv-02616 CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.

17 Based on 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), counsel for plaintiff in the above-entitled action seeks an award of attorney fees in the amount of $26,347.00 for 27.6 hours of professional time devoted to the representation of plaintiff before this court. Counsel concedes that this amount should be offset in the amount of $4,900.00 for fees previously awarded under EAJA. (ECF No. 25.) Defendant has filed a response to this request. 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1)(A) provides, in relevant part: Whenever a court renders a judgment favorable to a claimant under this subchapter who was represented before the court by an attorney, the court may determine and allow as part of its judgment a reasonable fee for such representation, not in excess of 25 percent of the total of the past-due benefits to which…