Busby v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 26

ORDER adopting 25 Report and Recommendation; granting 24 Petition for Award of Attorney Fees. Signed by Judge Marcia Morales Howard on 9/20/2016. (JW)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
JACKSONVILLE DIVISION
WAYNE LEE BUSBY,
Plaintiff,
-vs-

Case No. 3:14-cv-544-J-34PDB

CAROLYN W. COLVIN,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.
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ORDER

THIS CAUSE is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 25;
Report), entered by the Honorable Patricia D. Barksdale, United States Magistrate Judge,
on July 13, 2016. In the Report, Magistrate Judge Barksdale recommends that the Court
grant the Petition for Award of Attorney Fees Under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) (Dkt. No. 24). See
Report at 1, 7. No objections to the Report have been filed, and the time for doing so has
now passed.
The Court “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or
recommendations made by the magistrate judge.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b). If no specific
objections to findings of facts are filed, the district court is not required to conduct a de novo
review of those findings. See Garvey v. Vaughn, 993 F.2d 776, 779 n.9 (11th Cir. 1993);
see also 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). However, the district court must review legal conclusions
de novo. See Cooper-Houston v. Southern Ry. Co., 37 F.3d 603, 604 (11th Cir. 1994);
United States v. Rice, No. 2:07-mc-8-FtM-29SPC, 2007 WL 1428615, at * 1 (M.D. Fla. May
14, 2007).

Upon independent review of the file and for the reasons stated in the Magistrate
Judge’s Report, the Court will accept and adopt the legal and factual conclusions
recommended by the Magistrate Judge. Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED:
1.

The Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 25) is

ADOPTED as the opinion of the Court.
2.

The Petition for Award of Attorney Fees Under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) (Dkt. No.

24) is GRANTED.
3.

Chantal Harrington, Esquire is authorized to charge Plaintiff Wayne Lee Busby

$14,564.45 in § 406(b) fees out of his past due benefits award for her successful
representation of him in this case.
4.

The Social Security Administration shall make payment payable to “Chantal

J. Harrington, P.A.”
5.

Chantal Harrington is ordered to refund Wayne Lee Busby $3,928.45 upon

receipt of the $14,564.45 in § 406(b) fees.
DONE AND ORDERED at Jacksonville, Florida, this 20th day of September, 2016.

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