McClure

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DIRK M., Case No. 20-cv-09200-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: MOTION FOR

v. ATTORNEY’S FEES

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Re: Dkt. No. 27 Defendant.

12 Plaintiff’s counsel, Harvey Sackett, moves for attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) for representing Plaintiff in her successful appeal of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration’s denial of social security disability benefits. (Dkt. No. 27.1) After Plaintiff passed away while the matter was on remand, Plaintiff’s husband substituted on her behalf under 42 U.S.C. § 216 (d)(5) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25. Having carefully considered Plaintiff’s motion and the relevant legal authority, the Court determines oral argument is unnecessary, see N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b), and GRANTS the motion for attorney’s fees pursuant to Section 406(b). BACKGROUND This case stems from Plaintiff’s appeal of the Social Security…