(SS) Rodgers v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DARLENE DENISE RODGERS, Case No. 1:16-cv-00544-BAM Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR
ATTORNEY FEES
v. (Doc. No. 21) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,
15 Defendant. 16 17 Currently before the Court is the motion for attorney fees filed by Petitioner Cyrus Safa (“Counsel”), attorney for Darlene Denise Rodgers (“Plaintiff”), on December 11, 2020.1 (Doc. No. 21). Counsel requests fees in the amount of $9,000.00 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1383(d)(2)(B), incorporating 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). (Id. at 4 and n. 2.) Plaintiff has not objected to the request. On December 15, 2020, the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) filed a statement of non-opposition to fee request under § 406(b). (Doc. No. 22). I. Relevant Background Plaintiff filed this action challenging the denial of social security benefits on April 16, 2016. (Doc. No. 1.) On September 12, 2017, the Court issued an order reversing the 27 This action proceeds before the Honorable…