Opinion
Case No. 3:09cv00213
01-07-2015
BILLY GRIFFITH, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant.
Chief Magistrate Judge Sharon L. Ovington
DECISION AND ENTRY
The Court has conducted a de novo review of the Report and Recommendations of Chief United States Magistrate Judge Sharon L. Ovington (Doc. #25), to whom this case was originally referred pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §636(b), and noting that no objections have been filed thereto and that the time for filing such objections under Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b) has expired, hereby ADOPTS said Report and Recommendations.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1. The Report and Recommendations filed on December 17, 2014 (Doc. #25) is adopted in full;
2. Plaintiff's Attorney's Motion For An Award Of Attorney Fees Under 42 U.S.C. §406(b) (Doc. #24) is GRANTED;
3. The Commissioner is directed to pay Plaintiff's attorney fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §406(b)(l) in the amount of $13,000.00;
4. Plaintiff's counsel is directed to reimburse Plaintiff the amount of previously awarded EAJA fees, totaling $3,000.00; and
5. The case remains terminated on the docket of this Court.
/s/_________
Walter Herbert Rice
United States District Judge