(SS) Riott v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MONICA VIVIENNE RIOTT, Case No. 1:21-cv-0678 JLT HBK Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES v. (Doc. 25) KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO MAIL A COPY OF THIS ORDER Defendant. TO PLAINTIFF 16 Jonathan O. Peña of Peña & Bromberg, PC, counsel for Plaintiff Monica Vivienne Riott, seeks attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) on October 13, 2023. (Doc. 25.) Neither Plaintiff nor the Commissioner of Social Security have opposed the motion. For the reasons set forth below, the motion for attorney’s fees is GRANTED in the amount of $23,582.00, subject to an offset of $6,500.00 in fees previously awarded under the Equal Access to Justice Act. I. Relevant Background Plaintiff entered into a “Fee Agreement- Federal Court SSI/ Social Security Disability” with Counsel on April 14, 2021. (Doc. 25-2 at 1-2.) In the agreement, Plaintiff…