Sanchez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EVA SANCHEZ,

Case No. 19-cv-03228-JCS Plaintiff,

V. ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR

ATTORNEY’S FEES

ANDREW M. SAUL,

Re: Dkt. No. 28 Defendant. 11 qg

The Court is in receipt of a petition for attorney’s fees incurred by an attorney, Aggie

v |} Rose-Chavez, who represented Plaintiff in the administrative proceedings before the Social © Security Administration and not in this Court. Under 42 U.S.C. § 406(a), the Court has no Q 16 || authority to award attorney’s fee for representation of a claimant before the Social Security

= Administration. MacDonald v. Weinberger, 512 F.2d 144, 146 (9th Cir. 1975). Rather, such

requests must be made to the Social Security Administration. Hines v. Astrue, No. C03-5635 FDB, 2008 WL 4862452, at *1 (W.D. Wash. Nov. 7, 2008). Accordingly, the Court DENIES the 20 || petition without prejudice.…