(SS) Urrutia v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CONCEPCION URRUTIA, JR., ) Case No.: 1:17-cv-1676- JLT ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER GRANTING COUNSEL’S MOTION ) FOR ATTORNEY FEES PURSUANT TO v. ) 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) ) ANDREW M. SAUL1, ) (Doc. 19) Commissioner of Social Security, ) ) Defendant. )

Brian C. Shapiro, counsel for Plaintiff Concepcion Urrutia, Jr., seeks an award of attorney fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). (Doc. 19) Neither Plaintiff nor the Commissioner of Social Security have opposed the motion. For the following reasons, the motion for attorney fees is GRANTED. I. Relevant Background Plaintiff entered into a contingent fee agreement with Brian Shapiro, on behalf of the Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing, on November 29, 2017. (Doc. 19-1) The agreement entitled counsel to an award of “25% of the past due benefits” if judicial review of an administrative decision was required, and the adverse decision of an ALJ was…