(SS) Turk v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RODERICK TURK, No. 2:17-cv-00767 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 under the Social Security Act (“the Act”). On July 10, 2018, the court granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and reversed and remanded the action to the Commissioner. ECF Nos. 25, 26. Now pending before the court is plaintiff’s April 4, 2023 motion for an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). ECF No. 30. 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 a contingent-fee agreement. ECF No. 30-2. Pursuant to that agreement…