Miranda

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 7 LINDA MIRANDA, Case No. 22-cv-00404-BLF

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

9 v. ATTORNEYS’ FEES

10 KILOLO KIJAKAZI, [Re: ECF No. 23] 11 Defendant.

12 13 Plaintiff Linda Miranda’s counsel Katherine Siegfried (“Counsel”) moves for attorneys’ 14 fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) following Plaintiff’s successful appeal of the denial of Social 15 Security benefits. See ECF No. 23 (“Mot.”). Counsel seeks an award of $18,606.25, which is 25% 16 of the past-due benefits awarded to Plaintiff. Counsel’s motion is GRANTED for the reasons 17 discussed below. 18 I. BACKGROUND 19 Plaintiff filed this action on January 21, 2022, seeking review of the denial of her 20 application for Disability Benefits. See ECF No. 1 (“Compl.”). The Court approved the parties’ 21 stipulation to voluntary remand on August 22, 2022. ECF No. 19. Plaintiff obtained a favorable 22 result on remand, receiving…