Samuel Jackson v. Michael Astrue, Commissioner

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

This case concerns the type of judgment for which a district court can grant attorneys’ fees to the attorney of a prevailing social-security claimant under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). The dis trict court determined that § 406(b) does not authorize attorneys’ fees when a district court remands a case to the Social Security Administration (“SSA”), even when the SSA grants benefits on remand. On appeal, both parties agree that the district court’s construction of § 406(b) is erroneous. 1 We reverse.

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In 2004, Samuel Jackson filed a claim for…