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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KIMBERLY M., Case No. 19-cv-06585-DMR

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE MOTION FOR

v. ATTORNEYS’ FEES

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ACTING Re: Dkt. No.

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

Defendant.

Plaintiff Kimberly M.’s counsel, Joshua B. Kons, filed a motion for attorneys’ fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). [Docket No. 27.] Defendant Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, filed a response. [Docket No. 29.] Kons represents that Plaintiff was awarded $139,119.90 in retroactive Title II benefits. He asks the court for a net award of $18,827.29 in attorneys’ fees payable out of Plaintiff’s past due benefits. This sum represents a total attorneys’ fee award of $25,579.98 minus $6,752.69 in fees payable by the government pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(b), which the court previously awarded. [See Docket No. 26.] In this motion, Kons’ interests are adverse…