Mercado

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 7 MARIO ARENAS MERCADO, Case No. 16-cv-04200-BLF

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ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

9 v. AUTHORIZATION OF ATTORNEY’S FEES PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) 10 ANDREW M. SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security,1 [Re: ECF 26] 11 Defendant. 12 13 In this Social Security appeal, the Court granted in part Plaintiff Mario Arenas Mercado’s 14 motion for summary judgment, remanded the case for further agency proceedings, and entered 15 judgment for Plaintiff. See ECF 19, 20. On remand, Plaintiff was awarded past-due disability 16 insurance benefits in the amount of $92,491.60. See LaPorte Affidavit, ECF 26 at 6.2 Plaintiff’s 17 counsel (“Counsel”) has filed an application for an award of attorneys’ fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 18 § 406(b) and the parties’ contingent-fee agreement, which provides that Plaintiff will pay 19 attorneys’ fees in the amount of 25% of past-due benefits awarded. See Motion, ECF 26. 20 The…