(SS) Sahyoun v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 VICTOR J. SAHYOUN, No. 2:18-cv-0576-EFB Plaintiff, v. ORDER KILOLO KIJAKAZI, 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 $28,000. ECF No. 31. Plaintiff was awarded past due benefits, and he 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. 31-4. The amount requested is slightly less than 25% of the past due benefits awarded to plaintiff. ECF Nos. 31, 31-3 (plaintiff was awarded a total of $120,525 from which the Social Security Administration withheld $30,016.88 for attorney fees1).

26 1 Counsel has not provided a copy of the Notice of Award because the Social Security Administration has yet to provide one to counsel. ECF No. 31-3. However, counsel’s…