Mauricio

BACKGROUND

20 This case stems from Plaintiff’s appeal of the Social Security Administration’s denial of 21 social security benefits for a combination of mental and physical impairments, including 22 osteoarthritis and high blood pressure. On April 1, 2020, the Court granted Plaintiff’s motion for 23 summary judgment, denied Defendant’s motion, and remanded for further proceedings. (Dkt. No. 24 30.) On May 5, 2020, the Court granted the parties’ stipulation and awarded Plaintiff’s counsel 25 $6,850 in fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). (Dkt. No. 26 27 1 33.) 2 Following remand, the SSA found Plaintiff disabled. (Dkt. No. 34 at 7.) On November 6, 3 2023, Plaintiff was notified she had been awarded disability benefits as of January 2016 and was 4 being awarded $155,824.90 for past due benefits. (Id. at 11.) The notice also advised Plaintiff SSA 5 had withheld $38,956.23 from Plaintiff’s award for attorney’s fees as 25 percent of Plaintiff’s 6 past-due benefits. (Id. at 10.) Plaintiff’s counsel thereafter filed the now pending motion for 7 attorney’s fees for work performed in this Court under Section 406(b). (Dkt. No. 34.) …