Chuong

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

C.C.,

Case No. 21-cv-02175-JCS Plaintiff, 8 v. ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PETITION FOR KILOLO KIJAKAZI, APPROVAL OF ATTORNEY'S FEES 10 Defendant. Re: Dkt. No. 22

12 I. INTRODUCTION Nancy McCombs (“Counsel”), who represented C.C. in this matter under a contingency fee agreement, brings a Petition for Approval of Attorney’s Fees [§ 406(b)] (the “Motion”), seeking an award of $13,372.12 in attorneys’ fees for work before this Court. For the reasons stated below, the Motion is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.1 II. BACKGROUND C.C. entered into a contingent fee agreement with counsel providing that counsel would be awarded 25% of all past-due benefits C.C. received as a result of this action, Motion, Ex. A. C.C. initiated this action to seek review of the final decision by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (“the Commissioner”)…