(SS) Hoover v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN DAVID HOOVER JR., ) Case No.: 1:13-cv-0333- JLT ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER GRANTING COUNSEL’S MOTION ) FOR ATTORNEY FEES PURSUANT TO v. ) 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) ) ANDREW M. SAUL1, ) (Doc. 28) Commissioner of Social Security, ) ) Defendant. )

Thelma S. Cohen, counsel for Plaintiff John David Hoover Jr., seeks an award of attorney fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). (Doc. 28) Neither Plaintiff nor the Commissioner of Social Security oppose the motion. For the following reasons, the motion for attorney fees is GRANTED. I. Relevant Background Plaintiff entered into a contingent fee agreement with the law office of Potter, Cohen & Samulon on November 20, 2012. (Doc. 28-1) The agreement entitled counsel to an award of “25% of all past due benefits, including dependents’ benefits” if judicial review of an administrative decision was required, and the adverse decision of an ALJ was…