Karkanen
Karkanen v. Saul
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KRISTIE MARIE K., Case No. 20-cv-04156-DMR
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR
v. ATTORNEYS' FEES
ANDREW SAUL, Re: Dkt. No. 28 Defendant.
Plaintiff Kristie Marie K. filed a complaint seeking to reverse the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration’s administrative decision to deny his application for benefits under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 401 et seq. The court granted the parties’ stipulation to remand the matter for further administrative proceedings. [Docket No. 24.] Following remand, an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) found that Plaintiff is disabled and entitled to past-due disability benefits. Plaintiff’s counsel Denise Bourgeois Haley of the Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing now moves for an award of attorneys’ fees under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). [Docket No. 28.] This matter is suitable for resolution without a hearing. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). For the following reasons,…