(SS) Pettingill v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL PAUL PETTINGILL, No. 2:18-cv-2979-EFB Plaintiff, v. ORDER KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.

17 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 $11,091.25. ECF No. 27. Plaintiff was awarded past due benefits, and has previously entered into a retainer agreement with his attorneys which provides that he would pay counsel 25 percent of any past-due benefits won as a result of the appeal in this case. ECF No. 27-2. The amount requested is 25% of the past due benefits awarded to plaintiff minus $6,000 that plaintiff’s subsequent attorney has requested. ECF Nos. 27, 27-1, 27-2. Plaintiff’s attorneys spent 24.9 hours litigating the case in the initial administrative hearing and this court. ECF No. 27-4. ///// 27 1 Plaintiff moved to another state prior to the administrative hearing that followed remand and…