Opinion
Case No. CIV-10-058-JHP-KEW
12-12-2012
JESSICA M. LEGGE, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant.
ORDER AFFIRMING AND ADOPTING THE REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNITED STATES
MAGISTRATE JUDGE
On October 3, 2012, the United States Magistrate Judge entered a Report and Recommendation (Dkt.# 33) in regard to Plaintiff's Application for Award of Attorney's Fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §406(b). The Magistrate Judge recommended that Plaintiff's Application be granted and that the Government be ordered to pay Plaintiff's attorney's fees in the amount of $13,051.00 with payment being made to counsel. The defendant has not filed an objection to the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation within the time prescribed by law. 28 U.S.C. §636(b)(1); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a).
This Court finds that the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge is supported by the record. Therefore, upon full consideration of the entire record and the issues presented herein, the Court finds and orders that the Report and Recommendation entered by the United States Magistrate Judge on October 3, 2012, be AFFIRMED and ADOPTED by this Court as its Findings and Order.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 12th day of December, 2012.
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James H. Payne
United States District Judge
Eastern District of Oklahoma