Christina Saccomano v. Andrew Saul

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CHRISTINA SACCOMANO, Case No. 18-cv-02624-JCS

Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY FEES

SHOULD BE AWARDED UNDER

v. U.S.C. § 406(b) IN THE AMOUNT

REQUESTED

ANDREW SAUL, Re: Dkt. No. 35 Defendant.

12 The Court previously granted Plaintiff Christina Saccomano’s motion for summary 13 judgment and remanded this case for further administrative proceedings, which resulted in 14 Defendant Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner”) finding 15 Saccomano disabled and entitled to past benefits totaling $125,893. See Apr. 14, 2020 Letter (dkt. 16 35-3) at 3. Saccomano’s counsel Harvey Sackett now moves for an award of attorneys’ fees from 17 Saccomano’s past-due benefits pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), which allows a court to award “a 18 reasonable fee for such representation, not in excess of 25 percent of the total of the past-due 19 benefits . . . for payment to such attorney out of, and not in addition to, the amount of such past- 20 due benefits.” 42 U.S.C.…