Opinion
Civil Action 2:12-cv-746
04-23-2013
MARGARET A. POWELL Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.
Judge Michael H. Watson
Magistrate Judge Elizabeth P. Deavers
ORDER
This matter is before the Court for consideration of the March 28, 2013 Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge. ECF No. 21. The Magistrate Judge recommended that the Court grant Plaintiff's Motion for an Award of Attorney Fees and Costs Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act and award attorneys' fees and costs in the amount of $3,645.
The Report and Recommendation specifically advises the parties that the failure to object to the Report and Recommendation within fourteen days of the Report results in a "waiver of the right to de novo review . . . by the District Judge and waiver of the right to appeal the judgment of the District Court." Report and Recommendation 6, ECF No. 21. The time period for filing objections to the Report and Recommendation has expired. The Commissioner has not objected to the Report and Recommendation.
Noting that no objections have been filed and that the time for filing such objections has expired, the Court ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation. Accordingly, Plaintiff's Motion for an Award of Attorneys' Fees and Costs Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act is GRANTED. ECF No. 18. Accordingly, Plaintiff is AWARDED attorneys fees' and costs pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412, in the amount of $3,645.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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MICHAEL H. WATSON , JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT