Rosario

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

S.R.,

Case No. 22-cv-00516-JCS Plaintiff, 8 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES UNDER 42 U.S.C. KILOLO KIJAKAZI, § 406(b) 10 Defendant. Re: Dkt. No. 21

12 I. INTRODUCTION Katherine Siegfried (“Counsel”), who represented S.R. in this matter under a contingency fee agreement, brings a Motion for Award of Attorney’ Fees Under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) (“Motion”), seeking an award of $31,542.00 in attorney fees for work before this Court. For the reasons stated below, the Motion is GRANTED. 1 II. BACKGROUND S.R. entered into a contingent fee agreement with counsel providing that counsel would be awarded 25% of all past-due benefits S.R. received as a result of this action. Siegfried Decl. ¶ 4 and dkt. no. 21-3 (Fee Agreement). S.R. initiated this action to seek review of the final decision by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (“the Commissioner”)…