Ochea

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RODITHA OCHEA, Case No. 20-cv-02985-TSH

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

v. ATTORNEY’S FEES PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Re: Dkt. No. 33 Defendant.

12 I. INTRODUCTION After Plaintiff Roditha Ochea brought this action for review of the Commissioner of Social Security’s decision to deny benefits, the Court remanded the case and the Commissioner issued a decision in her favor. Ochea’s attorney, Katherine R. Siegfried, now seeks $18,823 in attorney’s fees under section 206(b) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). ECF No. 33. The government filed a response indicating the Commissioner has no objection to an award of fees, subject to an offset of any fees awarded under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS the motion. II. BACKGROUND Ochea brought this action for…