(SS) Mellow v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHON M. MELLOW, No. 2:18-cv-1262 AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 17 Plaintiff sought judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”), denying his application for a period of disability and disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act (“the Act”). On February 3, 2021, the court reversed and remanded the action to the Commissioner pursuant to the mandate of the Ninth Circuit. ECF No. 23. Now pending before the court is plaintiff’s February 15, 2022 motion for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). ECF No. 34. Defendant has not opposed the fee request. For the reasons set forth below, the motion will be granted. I. REASONABLENESS OF FEE REQUEST At the outset of the representation, plaintiff and his counsel entered into…