(SS) Martinez Perales v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EVANGELINA MARTINEZ-PERALES, ) Case No.: 1:17-cv-1353 JLT ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER GRANTING COUNSEL’S MOTION ) FOR ATTORNEY FEES PURSUANT TO v. ) 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) ) ANDREW M. SAUL, ) (Doc. 33) Commissioner of Social Security, ) ) Defendant. )

Kelsey Mackenzie Brown, counsel for Plaintiff Evangelina Martinez-Perales, seeks an award of attorney fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). (Doc. 33.) Neither Plaintiff nor the Commissioner of Social Security have opposed the motion. For the following reasons, the motion for attorney fees is GRANTED. I. Relevant Background Plaintiff entered into a “Fee Agreement & Contract” with Mackenzie Legal, PLLC, on September 25, 2017. (Doc. 33-1 at 3-5) In the agreement, Plaintiff indicated that if she was awarded benefits after a court remand for further proceedings, Mackenzie Legal was “authorize[d]… to seek fees from [her] past due benefits totaling…