Opinion
Civil Action 2:22-CV-00168
11-28-2023
JOSEFINA GARZA, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.
ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
NELVA GONZALES RAMOS, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
On November 6, 2023, United States Magistrate Judge Julie K. Hampton issued her “Memorandum and Recommendation” (D.E. 20), recommending that this Court grant Plaintiff's motion for attorney's fees (D.E. 17). The parties were provided proper notice of, and opportunity to object to, the Magistrate Judge's memorandum and recommendation. Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b); 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); General Order No. 200213. No objections have been timely filed. In fact, the memorandum and recommendation was issued on the basis of an agreed disposition.
When no timely objection to a magistrate judge's memorandum and recommendation is filed, the district court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record and accept the magistrate judge's memorandum and recommendation. Guillory v. PPG Indus., Inc., 434 F.3d 303, 308 (5th Cir. 2005) (citing Douglass v. United Servs. Auto Ass'n, 79 F.3d 1415, 1420 (5th Cir. 1996)).
Having reviewed the findings of fact and conclusions of law set forth in the Magistrate Judge's memorandum and recommendation (D.E. 20), and all other relevant documents in the record, and finding no clear error, the Court ADOPTS as its own the findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge. Accordingly, the Court GRANTS the motion (D.E. 17) as amended by the parties' agreement and ORDERS that Defendant Commissioner pay an EAJA fee award of $7,533.36 to Plaintiff, Josefina Garza, and that it be sent in care of her attorney, Melissa Palmer.
ORDERED.