Sanchez v. Saul

4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EVA SANCHEZ, 7 Case No. 19-cv-03228-JCS Plaintiff, V. ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR 9 ATTORNEY’S FEES ANDREW M. SAUL, 10 Re: Dkt. No. 28 Defendant. 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 || petition without prejudice.

21 IT IS SO ORDERED.

22 Dated: June 29, 2021 23 € J PH C. SPERO 24 ief Magistrate Judge