(SS) (CONSENT) Knight v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LINDA KNIGHT, No. 2:19-cv-0541 DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 17 Plaintiff brought this action seeking judicial review of a final administrative decision denying an application for Disability Insurance Benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act.1 On September 14, 2020, the court granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and remanded this matter for the payment of benefits. (ECF No. 17.) On remand, plaintiff was awarded $137,845 in past due benefits. (Pl.’s Mot. (ECF No. 21) at 2.) On February 8, 2021, counsel for plaintiff filed a motion for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). (ECF No. 21.) At the outset of the representation, plaintiff and plaintiff’s counsel entered into a contingent-fee agreement. (ECF No. 21-2.) Pursuant to that agreement plaintiff’s counsel now seeks attorney’s fees in the amount of $34,461.25,…