(SS) Oganesyan v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ZHANNA OGANESYAN, No. 2:17-cv-2541-EFB Plaintiff, v. ORDER ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 14 Defendant.

16 Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), counsel for plaintiff in the above-entitled action seeks an award of attorney fees in the amount of $11,531.25, which is approximately 16.5 percent of past benefits due to plaintiff. ECF No. 25. Plaintiff entered into a retainer agreement with his attorney which provides that he would pay his counsel 25 percent of any past-due benefits won as a result of the appeal in this case. Id. at 9-10. Counsel spent 29.4 professional hours on plaintiff’s case, and counsel’s paralegal spent an additional 9 hours on the case. Id. at 21-22. 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1)(A) provides, in relevant part: Whenever a court renders a judgment favorable to a claimant under this subchapter who was represented before the court by an attorney, the court may determine and allow as part…