(SS) Wartner v. Commissioner of Social Security

` 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PAMELA K. WARTNER, No. 2:17-cv-0387 DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 17 Plaintiff brought this action seeking judicial review of a final administrative decision denying an application for Disability Insurance Benefits Under Title II of the Social Security Act (“the Act”) and for Supplemental Security Income under Title XVI of the Act. By order filed September 7, 2018, plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment was granted, the decision of the Commissioner was reversed, and the case was remanded for further proceedings. (ECF No. 19.) On October 2, 2019, counsel for plaintiff filed a motion for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). (ECF No. 23.) Specifically, plaintiff and plaintiff’s counsel entered into a contingent-fee agreement. (ECF No. 23-1.) Pursuant to that agreement plaintiff’s counsel now seeks attorney’s fees in the amount of…