Miller v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
MIKA MILLER, Case No. 1:13-cv-01597-SAB
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S
MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES
v. PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (ECF Nos. 22-24, 27) Defendant.
16 Petitioner Young Yim (“Counsel”), attorney for Mika Miller (“Plaintiff”), filed the instant motion for attorney fees on May 26, 2020. Counsel requests fees in the amount of $13,230.75 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1). Plaintiff has not objected to the request. On June 23, 2020, Defendant Social Security Commissioner, as a de facto trustee for Plaintiff, filed a response to Petitioner’s motion providing an analysis of the fee request. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff filed the complaint challenging the denial of social security benefits on October 3, 2013. (ECF No. 1.) On December 24, 2014, the magistrate judge’s order issued finding that the ALJ erred by relying on an…