(SS) Ryan v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

REBECCA LOU RYAN, Case No. 1:19-cv-00973-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. 24, 26) Defendant.

16 Petitioner Shellie Lott (“Counsel”), attorney for Rebecca Lou Ryan (“Plaintiff”), filed the instant motion for attorney fees on May 18, 2021. Counsel requests fees in the amount of $6,840.31 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1). (Pl.’s Mot. for Attorney Fees Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) (hereafter “Mot.”), ECF No. 24.) Plaintiff has not objected to the request. On June 4, 2021, 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 July 16, 2019. (ECF No. 1.) The parties…