Hoffschneider

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ERIK W. H., Case No. 16-cv-07383-DMR

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE PLAINTIFF’S COUNSEL’S

v. MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner Re: Dkt. No. 38 of Social Security, 11 Defendant. 12 The court has received the motion for attorneys’ fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) 13 submitted by Plaintiff Erik W. H.’s counsel, Josephine Gerrard. [Docket No. 38.] Defendant 14 Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, filed a response. [Docket No. 39.] 15 In Gerrard’s motion, she represents that Plaintiff was awarded $179,011 in retroactive Title 16 II benefits. She asks the court for a net award of $25,753.00 in attorneys’ fees that would be 17 payable out of Plaintiff’s past due benefits. This sum represents a total attorneys’ fee award of 18 $44,753.00 minus $19,000.00 in fees payable by the government pursuant to the Equal Access to 19 Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(b), which the court previously awarded. [See Docket 20 No. 37.] 21 In this motion,…