Opinion
3:17-CV-00469-JRG-DCP
02-24-2022
RUSSELL R. JAGDEO, Plaintiff, v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT
J. RONNIE GREER, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
This matter is before the Court on United States Magistrate Judge Debra C. Poplin's Report and Recommendation [Doc. 43]. Judge Poplin recommends the Court grant Plaintiff's Petition for Approval of § 406(b) Attorney Fees [Doc. 29] and Plaintiff's Motion to Amend Petition for Attorney Fees [Doc. 31]. Judge Poplin also recommends the Court deny as moot Plaintiff's Second Motion to Amend Petition for Attorney Fees [Doc. 32]. None of the parties has timely objected to the report and recommendation. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b).
Having reviewed the record, the Court agrees with Judge Poplin's recommendation. The Court therefore ACCEPTS IN WHOLE the report and recommendation under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b). For the reasons in the report and recommendation, which the Court adopts and incorporates into this Order, Plaintiff's Petition for Approval of § 406(b) Attorney Fees [Doc. 29] and Plaintiff's Motion to Amend Petition for Attorney Fees [Doc. 31] are GRANTED. It is therefore ORDERED that Plaintiff's counsel recover from Defendant Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, the amount of $32,126.15 in attorney's fees, with the requirement that Plaintiff's attorney must remit to Plaintiff the amount of $7,000 in attorney's fees previously received from Defendant. Plaintiff's Second Motion to Amend Petition for Attorney Fees [Doc. 32] is DENIED as moot.
So ordered.