(SS) Jones v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
LYNDA LYNN JONES, Case No. 1:17-cv-00846-SAB
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S
MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES
v. PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (ECF Nos. 27, 29) Defendant.
16 Petitioner Cyrus Safa (“Counsel”), attorney for Lynda Lynn Jones (“Plaintiff”), filed the instant motion for attorney fees on December 2, 2020. Counsel requests fees in the amount of $10,000.00 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1). Plaintiff has not objected to the request. On December 15, 2020, Defendant Social Security Commissioner, as a de facto trustee for Plaintiff, 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 June 22, 2017. (ECF No. 1.) On July 13, 2020, an order was filed granting Plaintiff’s Social Security appeal and remanding for…