(SS) Bell v. Commissioner of Social Security

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 TRACIE BELL, No. 2:21-cv-00940-CKD 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

15 Defendant. 16

17 18 Based on 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), counsel for plaintiff in the above-entitled action seeks an 19 award of attorney fees in the amount of $25,300.00 for 38.5 hours of professional time devoted to 20 the representation of plaintiff before this court. ECF No. 22. Counsel concedes that this amount 21 should be offset by $7,478.85 in fees previously awarded under EAJA. See ECF No. 21. 22 Defendant has filed a response and does not oppose the amount requested. ECF No. 24. 23 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1)(A) provides, in relevant part: 24 Whenever a court renders a judgment favorable to a claimant under this subchapter who was represented before the court by an attorney, 25 the court may determine and allow as part of its judgment a reasonable fee for such representation, not in excess of 25 percent of 26 the total of the…