(SS) Demchuk v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 GALINA DEMCHUK, No. 2:16-cv-977-EFB Plaintiff, v. ORDER ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 14 Defendant.

16 Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), counsel for plaintiff in the above-entitled action seeks an award of attorney fees in the amount of $10,000, which is approximately 22 percent of past benefits due to plaintiff. ECF No. 32. Plaintiff entered into a retainer agreement with her attorney which provides that she would pay counsel up to 25 percent of any past-due benefits won as a result of the appeal in this case. ECF No. 32-1 at 5-6. Counsel spent 21.5 professional hours on plaintiff’s case. ECF No. 32 at 4-5. 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…