Pearce v. Astrue

ORDER

THOMAS E. MORRIS, United States Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiffs counsel in this Social Security case has filed Plaintiffs Uncontested Petition for Award of Attorney Fees Under to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) (Doc. # 19). Plaintiffs counsel, Erik W. Berger, seeks an award under a contingency fee contract for twenty-five percent of the past due benefits Plaintiff was awarded in this case. Plaintiffs counsel represents Defendant’s counsel has no objection to the amount sought in the petition. Id. at 4. To date, the Commissioner has not filed a response to the instant motion and the matter is ripe for the…