(SS) Gonzalez v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANGELA RICO GONZALEZ, Case No. 1:15-cv-01142-EPG 11 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

COUNSEL’S MOTION FOR

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

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,

14 Defendant. (ECF No. 26) 15 16 On May 4, 2020, counsel for Plaintiff, Denise Bourgeois Haley, of the Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing, filed a motion for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). (ECF No. 26.) Plaintiff and Defendant were served with a copy of the motion. (ECF No. 26 at 13.) Defendant has filed a response to the motion, but does not take a position regarding the reasonableness for the request for attorney’s fees. (ECF No. 27.) Plaintiff has not filed an objection or other response to the motion. For the reasons set forth below, the motion for an award of attorney’s fees is GRANTED in the amount of $11,500, and Plaintiff’s counsel is ordered to reimburse Plaintiff for the $4,234 Equal Access to Justice Act…