(SS) Bracksieck v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GREGORY ALAN BRACKSIECK, No. 2:18-cv-00661 AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 17 Plaintiff sought judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”), denying his application for a period of disability and disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act (“the Act”). On June 21, 2019, the court granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, denied the Commissioner’s cross- motion for summary judgment, and remanded the action to the Commissioner for reconsideration. ECF No. 19. Now pending before the court is plaintiff’s November 25, 2020 motion for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). ECF No. 23. 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…