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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 FAUSTINO CANTERA, Case No. 5:20-cv-05126-EJD

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

ATTORNEY’S FEES

v.

ANDREW SAUL, Re: ECF No. 25 Defendant.

Before the Court is a motion for attorney’s fees (“Motion”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), by which Plaintiff’s counsel Andrew Koenig seeks an award of $22,934.88 as a percentage of the past-due disability benefits owed to Plaintiff under Title II of the Social Security Act. Defendant, the acting Social Security Commissioner, has submitted a response but takes no position as to the reasonableness of the fee. Having reviewed the moving papers, Plaintiff’s counsel time entries, and Defendant’s response, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorney’s Fees. I. BACKGROUND On July 27, 2020, Plaintiff filed a complaint seeking judicial review of the final denial of his application for disability benefits. ECF No. 1. On March…