Opinion
Case No. 3:12-cv-080
03-12-2013
RAMONA CHAPPEL, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.
District Judge Thomas M. Rose
Magistrate Judge Michael R. Merz
RECUSAL ORDER
This case is before the Court on Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney Fees Under Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. Section 2421(d). (Doc. No. 17). Although this case was adjudicated in the first instance by the undersigned, given the impending retirement of career law clerk Patricia Zimmer, and the consequent removal of the undersigned from referral of Social Security cases generally, the undersigned hereby recuses himself and directs the Clerk to randomly transfer this case to another United States Magistrate Judge resident at Dayton for all further proceedings.
Michael R. Merz
United States Magistrate Judge