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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 T.H., Case No. 18-cv-05435-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

v. FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES

ANDREW SAUL, Re: Dkt. No. 36 Defendant.

12 Plaintiff’s counsel, David J. Linden, moves for attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) for representing Plaintiff in his appeal of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration’s (“Commissioner’s”) denial of social security disability benefits. (Dkt. No. 36.) The Commissioner’s response “takes no position on the reasonableness of [Plaintiff’s] request” for fees. (Dkt. No. 38 at 3.) After careful consideration of Plaintiff’s motion and the relevant legal authority, the Court determines that oral argument is unnecessary, see N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b), and GRANTS the motion for attorney’s fees pursuant to Section 406(b). BACKGROUND This case stems from Plaintiff’s appeal of the Social Security Administration’s (“SSA’s”)…