Julie Driskell v. Carolyn W. Colvin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JULIE D., Case No. EDCV 16-2534 -KK

11 Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

ATTORNEY FEES PURSUANT TO

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

Defendant.

16 17 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Julie D. (“Plaintiff”)’s counsel, Michelle Shvarts of Disability Advocates Group (“Counsel”), filed a Motion (“Motion”) for Authorization of Attorney Fees Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) (“Section 406(b)”). The Motion seeks an award of $32,400.75 for representing Plaintiff in an action to obtain disability insurance benefits, with a refund to Plaintiff of $3,700 for the Equal Access to Justice

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 Management of the Judicial Conference of the United States. Act (“EAJA”) fees…