(SS) Webb v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 NATHAN ALAN WEBB, Case No. 1:17-cv-01054-EPG 11 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S COUNSEL’S MOTION v. FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES PURSUANT 13 TO 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,

14 Defendant. (ECF No. 24) 15 16 On April 27, 2020, counsel for Plaintiff, Monica Perales, filed a motion for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). (ECF No. 24.) Plaintiff and Defendant were served with a copy of the motion. (Id. at 14.) Plaintiff has not filed an objection or other response to the motion. Defendant has not filed an objection to the motion but has filed a joint supplemental brief as directed by the Court. For the reasons set forth below, the motion for an award of attorney’s fees is GRANTED IN PART in the amount of $20,382. I. BACKGROUND On August 4, 2017, Plaintiff initiating the underlying action seeking judicial review of a final administrative decision denying…