Opinion
Case No. 3:13cv00417
04-14-2015
DEBORAH KEEN (JAMISON), Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant.
Chief Magistrate Judge Sharon L. Ovington
DECISION AND ORDER
The Court has reviewed the Report and Recommendations of Chief United States Magistrate Judge Sharon L. Ovington (Doc. #18), 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 March 27, 2015 (Doc. # 18) is ADOPTED in full;
2. The parties' Joint Stipulation for an Award of Attorney Fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (Doc. #17) is accepted, and Defendant is directed to pay Plaintiff's attorney fees under 28 U.S.C. § 2412 in the total amount of $4,600.00; and,
3. Counsel for the parties shall verify, within thirty days of this Decision and Order, whether or not Plaintiff owes a pre-existing debt to the United States
subject to offset. And, if no such pre-existing debt exists, Defendant is directed to pay the EAJA award directly to Plaintiff's attorney.
/s/_________
Thomas M. Rose
United States District Judge