(SS) Block v. Commissioner of Social Security

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 ROBBIE L. BLOCK, No. 2:16-cv-2230-EFB 11 Plaintiff, 12 v. ORDER 13 ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 14 Defendant. 15

16 17 Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), counsel for plaintiff in the above-entitled action seeks an 18 award of attorney fees in the amount of $15,000.00, which is approximately 15 percent of past 19 benefits due to plaintiff. ECF No. 20. Plaintiff entered into a retainer agreement with his 20 attorney which provides that he would pay counsel 25 percent of any past-due benefits won as a 21 result of the appeal in this case. ECF No. 20-1. Counsel spent 13.4 professional hours on 22 plaintiff’s case, and a paralegal spent an additional 2.9 hours on the case. Id. at 20-4. 23 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1)(A) provides, in relevant part: 24 Whenever a court renders a judgment favorable to a claimant under this subchapter who was represented before the court by an attorney, 25 the court may determine and allow as part of its …