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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANTHONY B., Case No. 18-cv-03640-JSC

Plaintiff, ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF'S MOTION v. FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES

NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Re: Dkt. No. 26 Defendant.

12 Plaintiff’s counsel, Katherine Siegfried, moves for attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) for representing Plaintiff in his successful appeal of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration’s (“Commissioner’s”) denial of social security disability benefits. (Dkt. No. 26.) The Commissioner did not file a response to Plaintiff’s request for fees and the time to do so has run, see Civ. L.R. 7-3(a). After careful consideration of Plaintiff’s motion and the relevant legal authority, the Court GRANTS the motion for attorney’s fees pursuant to Section 406(b). BACKGROUND This case stems from Plaintiff’s appeal of the SSA’s denial of social security benefits for a combination of mental and physical impairments,…