Ronald A. Welch v. BILL LATOUR, Esquire, Real-party-in-interest-

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
RONALD A. WELCH,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
BILL LATOUR, Esquire,
Real-party-in-interest-
Appellee,
NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting
Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant-Appellee.
No. 18-56424
D.C. No. 5:11-cv-00740-DFM
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
Douglas F. McCormick, Magistrate Judge, Presiding
Submitted February 12, 2019**
San Francisco, California
Before: GRABER, W. FLETCHER, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.
FILED
FEB 21 2019
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes that this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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This case is before us for the second time. Previously, upon Plaintiff Ronald
Welch’s appeal, we vacated the judgment for attorney fees and remanded for the
district court to explain its reasons for the fee award to real-party-in-interest Bill
LaTour, Plaintiff’s lawyer in the underlying Social Security benefits case. Welch
v. LaTour, 714 F. App’x 766 (9th Cir. 2018) (unpublished). The district court has
now provided a detailed explanation for the award.
We review for abuse of discretion the amount of a fee award under 42
U.S.C. § 406(b). Parrish v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec. Admin., 698 F.3d 1215, 1219
(9th Cir. 2012). Applying that standard of review, we affirm. The district court
carefully considered Plaintiff’s arguments and all the required factors, and its
reasoning and result are permissible.
AFFIRMED.
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