(SS) Shanahan v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 RITA J. SHANAHAN, No. 2:18-cv-0484-EFB Plaintiff, v. ORDER ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 14 Defendant.

16 Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), counsel for plaintiff in the above-entitled action seeks an award of attorney fees in the amount of $13,749.22. ECF No. 30. Plaintiff was awarded past due benefits, and she has previously entered into a retainer agreement with her attorneys which provides that she would pay counsel 25 percent of any past-due benefits won as a result of the appeal in this case. ECF No. 30-1. The amount requested is 25% of the past due benefits awarded to plaintiff. ECF Nos. 30, 30-2, 30-3. Plaintiff’s attorney spent 7.89 hours litigating the case in this court and counsel’s paralegals spent 3.3 hours. ECF No. 30-4. 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1)(A) provides, in relevant part: Whenever a court renders a judgment favorable to a claimant under this subchapter who was represented before the court…