(SS) Coder v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CASSANDRA MARY CODER, Case No. 1:20-cv-00497-CDB (SS)
12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES
13 v. PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) AS
MODIFIED
14 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (Doc. 18) 15 Defendant. 16 17 18 Pending before the Court is the motion of Wendy B. Pfau, counsel for Plaintiff, for an 19 award of attorney fees in the amount of $46,810.50. (Doc. 18).1 Defendant filed a response in 20 which it asserts that any order granting the motion should require counsel for Plaintiff to refund 21 the previously awarded Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) fee of $2,725.00. (Doc. 21 p. 4). 22 On June 30, 2021, the Court granted Plaintiff’s request for judicial review and remanded 23 this case for further proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). (Doc. 14). On 24 remand, Plaintiff was awarded past due Title XVI benefits in the amount of $187,242.00. (Doc. 25 18 p. 2). 26 Pursuant to a retainer…