(SS) Hamm v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JACK HAMM, Case No. 2:21-cv-00645-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER v. GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S COUNSEL
ATTORNEY FEES UNDER 42 U.S.C.
MARTIN O’MALLEY, § 406(b)
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY, ECF No. 26 Defendant. 17 Plaintiff’s counsel seeks an award of attorney fees under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). ECF No. 26. Plaintiff entered into a contingent fee agreement that provided that he would pay counsel twenty-five percent of any award of past-due benefits. ECF No. 26-2. After this court remanded the action for further proceedings, plaintiff was found disabled and awarded $47,601.72 in past- due benefits. See ECF No. 21; ECF No. 26-1. Counsel now seeks attorney fees in the amount of $11,900.00, which is equal to twenty-five percent of total past-due benefits that plaintiff was awarded, with a credit to plaintiff for the fees previously awarded under the Equal Access to Justice Act…