Silva

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GUSTAVO S., Case No. 3:20-cv-06039-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: MOTION FOR

v. ATTORNEY’S FEES

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Re: Dkt. No. 30 Defendant.

12 Plaintiff’s counsel, Geri Kahn, moves for attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) for representing Plaintiff in his successful appeal of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration’s denial of social security disability benefits. (Dkt. No. 30.) 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 denial of social security benefits for a combination of physical impairments, including: degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, chronic pain disorder, and…