(SS) Ligons v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GARY LEON LIGONS, No. 2:21-cv-00084 CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.

17 Based on 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), counsel for plaintiff in the above-entitled action seeks an award of attorney fees in the amount of $50,000.00 for 44.35 hours of professional time devoted to the representation of plaintiff before this court in two federal actions. ECF No. 25. Counsel concedes that this amount should be offset in the amount of $9,213.00 for fees previously awarded under EAJA: $3,913.00 in the earlier case and $5,300.00 in the instant action. Defendant has not opposed the motion or filed a response. 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1)(A) provides, in relevant part: Whenever a court renders a judgment favorable to a claimant under this subchapter who was represented before the court by an attorney, the court may determine and allow as part of its judgment a reasonable fee…