Roach

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 CHRISTOPHER ROACH, Case No. 19-cv-03921-TSH

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

ATTORNEY’S FEES PURSUANT TO

v. 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Re: Dkt. No. 32 Defendant.

14 I. INTRODUCTION After Plaintiff Christopher Roach 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 his favor. Roach’s attorney, Katherine R. Siegfried, now seeks $18,000.00 in attorney’s fees under section 206(b) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). ECF No. 32. The government filed a response indicating the Commissioner takes no position as to the reasonableness of Siegfried’s request but, should the Court find counsel’s request reasonable, any award of fees should subject to an offset of fees awarded under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. ECF No.…