(SS) Mayfield v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DONNA JEAN MAYFIELD, Case No. 1:16-cv-01084-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S

UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ATTORNEY

v. FEES PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL (ECF Nos. 22, 23)

SECURITY,

15 Defendant. 16 17 Petitioner Young Cho (“Counsel” or “Petitioner”), attorney for Donna Jean Mayfield (“Plaintiff”), filed the instant motion for attorney fees on February 18, 2020. (Pet’r’s Mot. Att’y Fees (“Mot.”), ECF No. 22.) Counsel requests fees in the net amount of $23,785.00 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1). Plaintiff was served with the motion and advised that any opposition to the motion was to be filed within fourteen days. (Mot. 2, 14.) Plaintiff did not file an opposition to the request. On March 10, 2020, the Commissioner of Social Security (“Defendant”), filed a statement of non-opposition in response to the motion for attorney fees, specifying the filing was made in a role resembling that of trustee for Plaintiff. (Def.’s Statement…