(SS) Vincent v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
TIMOTHY SEAN VINCENT, Case No. 1:17-cv-01578-SAB
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S
MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES
v. PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (ECF No. 28) Defendant.
14 Petitioner Shellie Lott, attorney for Plaintiff Timothy Sean Vincent, filed the instant motion for attorney fees on September 2, 2020. Counsel requests fees in the amount of $14,480.45 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1). Plaintiff has not objected to the request nor has the Commissioner of Social Security filed a response to Petitioner’s motion providing an analysis of the fee request. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff filed the instant complaint challenging the denial of social security benefits on November 27, 2017. (ECF No. 1.) On December 26, 2018, the magistrate judge’s order issued finding that the ALJ erred by failing to provide legally sufficient reasons to reject the…