Miguel Abarca v. Carolyn W. Colvin

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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10 MIGUEL A.,1 Case No. CV 16-6260-KK

11 Plaintiff, 12 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

ATTORNEY FEES PURSUANT TO 42

13 U.S.C. § 406(B) ANDREW SAUL,2 Commissioner of 14 Social Security,

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16 17 18 I. 19 INTRODUCTION 20 Plaintiff Miguel A. (“Plaintiff”)’s counsel, Denise Bourgeois Haley of the Law 21 Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing (“Counsel”), filed a Motion for Attorney Fees 22 (“Motion”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) (“Section 406(b)”). The Motion seeks an 23 award of $25,000.00 for representing Plaintiff in an action to obtain disability 24 insurance benefits and supplemental security income with a refund to Plaintiff of 25

26 1 Partially redacted in compliance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(c)(2)(B) and the recommendation of the Committee on Court Administration and Case 27 Management of the Judicial Conference of the United States. 1 $4,100.00 for the Equal…