(SS) Molina v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LELANI MOLINA, No. 2:17-cv-01991-CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER 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 $20,570.00 for 37.4 hours of professional time devoted to the representation of plaintiff before this court. ECF No. 22. Counsel concedes that this amount should be offset by $5,600.00 in fees previously awarded under EAJA. See ECF No. 21. Defendant has filed a response and does not oppose the amount requested. ECF No. 24. 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 for such representation, not in excess of 25 percent of the total of the…