(SS) Samoy v. Commissioner of Social Security

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 TERESA SAMOY, No. 2:18-cv-00538-EFB (SS) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 16 17 Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), counsel for plaintiff in the above-entitled action seeks an 18 award of attorney fees in the amount of $9,000.00. ECF No. 23. Defendant has filed a response. 19 ECF No. 24. Plaintiff was awarded past due benefits, and she previously entered into a retainer 20 agreement with her attorney providing that she would pay counsel 25 percent of any past-due 21 benefits won as a result of the appeal in this case. ECF No. 23-1. The amount requested is less 22 than 25% of the past due benefits awarded to plaintiff. See ECF No. 23-3 at 1 (plaintiff was 23 awarded a total of $68,537.49 in past-due benefits). Plaintiff’s attorney spent 16.5 hours 24 litigating the case. ECF No. 23-4. 25 ///// 26 ///// 27 ///// 28 ///// 1 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1)(A) provides, in relevant part: 2 Whenever a…