(SS) Sawatzky v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TERESA A. SAWATZKY, No. 2:16-cv-02770 AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.

17 This case was remanded to the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) for further consideration on February 13, 2019. ECF Nos. 27 (Order) and 38 (Judgment). Now pending before the court is plaintiff’s August 19, 2020 motion for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). ECF No. 41. Defendant did not file an opposition. For the reasons set forth below, the motion will be granted. I. REASONABLENESS OF FEE REQUEST At the outset of the representation, plaintiff and his counsel entered into a contingent-fee agreement. ECF No. 41-3. Pursuant to that agreement plaintiff’s counsel now seeks attorney’s fees in the amount of $16,270.50, which represents 25% of the $65,082.00 in retroactive disability benefits received by plaintiff on remand, for 42 hours of attorney…