(SS) Cook v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 JOHN ALLEN COOK, Case No. 1:20-cv-01789-EPG 9 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING, IN PART, MOTION

FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES PURSUANT

v. TO 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,

(ECF No. 29) Defendant. 13 14 On June 22, 2023, Attorney Jonathan Peña, counsel for Plaintiff John Allen Cook, filed a 15 motion for an award of attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). (ECF No. 29). Plaintiff and the 16 Commissioner of Social Security were each served with a copy of the motion. (Id. at 9, ECF No. 17 31). Plaintiff has not filed any response to the motion. On July 25, 2023, the Commissioner filed 18 a response providing analysis regarding the fee request but taking no position on its 19 reasonableness. (ECF No. 32). 20 For the reasons set forth below, the motion for an award of attorney’s fees is GRANTED, in part, in the amount of $30,940, with counsel reimbursing Plaintiff for $4,795.91 in fees received pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA),…