United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 23-1305 CHRISTIAN S. ARNOLD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARTIN J. O'MALLEY, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee. ____________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. No. 20-cv-03344 — Sue E. Myerscough, Judge. ____________________

ARGUED NOVEMBER 15, 2023 — DECIDED JULY 1, 2024 ____________________

Before SYKES, Chief Judge, and BRENNAN, and LEE, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM. After a remand from the district court, an ad- ministrative law judge (ALJ) with the Social Security Admin- istration determined that Christian Arnold was disabled and entitled to past-due benefits. His law firm, Binder & Binder, then requested attorneys’ fees under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), point- ing to a contingency fee agreement Arnold had signed. Rather 2