(SS) Thomas v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 PAMELA RAE THOMAS, Case No. 1:18-cv-01711-SKO 10 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S v. COUNSEL’S UNOPPOSED MOTION

FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES PURSUANT

ANDREW SAUL, TO 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) Commissioner of Social Security1, (Doc. 21) Defendant. _____________________________________/

15 I. INTRODUCTION On October 30, 2020, Jonathan Omar Pena (“Counsel”), counsel for Plaintiff Pamela Rae Thomas (“Plaintiff”), filed a motion for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) (“section 406(b)”). (Doc. 21.) On November 2, 2020, the Court issued a minute order requiring Plaintiff and the Commissioner to file their responses in opposition or statements of non-opposition to Counsel’s motion, if any, by no later than November 20, 2020. (Doc. 23.) Plaintiff and the Commissioner were served with copies of the motion for attorney’s fees and the minute order. (Docs. 22, 24.) On November 16, 2020, the…