Sanchez v. Saul

Opinion

1 2 3 6 EVA SANCHEZ, 7 Case No. 19-cv-03228-JCS Plaintiff, 8 V. ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR 9 ATTORNEY’S FEES ANDREW M. SAUL, 10 Re: Dkt. No. 28 Defendant. 11 qg 12

13 The Court is in receipt of a petition for attorney’s fees incurred by an attorney, Aggie

v 14 |} Rose-Chavez, who represented Plaintiff in the administrative proceedings before the Social © 15 Security Administration and not in this Court. Under 42 U.S.C. § 406(a), the Court has no Q 16 || authority to award attorney’s fee for representation of a claimant before the Social Security

= 17 Administration. MacDonald v. Weinberger, 512 F.2d 144, 146 (9th Cir. 1975). Rather, such

18 requests must be made to the Social Security Administration. Hines v. Astrue, No. C03-5635 19 FDB, 2008 WL 4862452, at *1 (W.D. Wash. Nov. 7, 2008). Accordingly, the Court DENIES the 20 petition without prejudice. 22 Dated: June 29, 2021 23 € J PH C. SPERO 24 ief Magistrate Judge 25 26 27 28