Troy A. Ocampo V. Nancy A . Berryhill

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 T.O., Case No. 18-cv-04313-JCS

Plaintiff,

ORDER REGARDING MOTION FOR

v. ATTORNEYS’ FEES

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

12 Plaintiff T.O. prevailed in this case on summary judgment, and the Court remanded the 13 matter to Defendant the Commissioner of Social Security for further administrative proceedings 14 on T.O.’s application for disability benefits. On remand, the Commissioner found that T.O. was 15 disabled and entitled to $102,848.00 in past-due benefits. The Court previously granted a 16 stipulation to award T.O. $4,775.66 in attorneys’ fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act 17 (“EAJA”). At the outset of the case, T.O. signed an agreement that his attorney would be entitled 18 to “a fee no greater than 25% of the past-due benefits owed to [him]” if he prevailed in a judicial 19 action. See dkt. 35-3. T.O.’s counsel Harvey Sackett now seeks attorneys’ fees of $22,000 under 20 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) and the fee agreement, and has…