(SS) Rygg v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 SONJA KAY RYGG, No. 2:16-cv-02737 JAM CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 14 Defendant.

16 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 $18,134.13 for 43 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 $7,500.00 for fees previously awarded under EAJA. (ECF No. 39.) 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…