Opinion
Case No. 3:12cv00029
03-05-2014
YVETTE YOUNG, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant.
District Judge Thomas M. Rose
Chief Magistrate Judge Sharon L. Ovington
DECISION AND ENTRY
The Court has conducted a de novo review of the Report and Recommendations and Amended Report and Recommendations of United States Magistrate Judge Sharon L. Ovington (Doc. #28, 29), 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 and Amended Report and Recommendations. It is therefore ORDERED that:
1. The Report and Recommendations and Amended Report and Recommendations (Doc. #s 28, 29) are ADOPTED in full, and Plaintiff's Application For Attorney Fees Under Equal Access To Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. §2412(d) (Doc. #24) is GRANTED;
2. Plaintiff is granted an award of attorney fees under 28 U.S.C. §2412(d) in the total amount of $4,947.00;
3. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter Judgment in favor of Plaintiff and against the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration in the total amount of and $4,947.00;
4. The Commissioner is directed to determine within 30 days whether Plaintiff owes a pre-existing debt to the government and, if not, to pay the EAJA award directly to Plaintiff's counsel; and,
5. The case remains terminated on the docket of this Court.
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Thomas M. Rose
United States District Judge