Kijakazi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MISHELLE G., Case No. 20-cv-04149-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: MOTION FOR

v. ATTORNEYS FEES PURSUANT TO

U.S.C § 406(B)

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Re: Dkt. No. 28 Defendant.

12 Plaintiff’s counsel, Katherine Siegfried, 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. 28.) After careful consideration of 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 Administration’s (“SSA’s”) denial of social security benefits for a combination of mental and physical impairments, including: obesity, stenosis of the…