Sulzer v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 21

ORDER granting 19 Motion for Attorney Fees; Plaintiff is awarded $4,580.52 in attorney's fees and $400.00 in costs. Adopting Report and Recommendations - re 20 Report and Recommendations. Signed by Judge Carlos E. Mendoza on 8/24/2016. (DJD)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
ORLANDO DIVISION

DANA LOUISE SULZER,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 6:14-cv-1650-Orl-41TBS

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,
Defendant.
/
ORDER
THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Plaintiff’s Unopposed Motion for Attorney’s Fees
(Doc. 19). United States Magistrate Judge Thomas B. Smith submitted a Report and
Recommendation (Doc. 20), which recommends that the motion be granted and that Plaintiff be
awarded $4,580.52 in attorney’s fees and $400.00 in costs.
After an independent de novo review of the record and noting that no objections were
timely filed, the Court agrees entirely with the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the Report
and Recommendation.
Therefore, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED as follows:
1. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 20) is ADOPTED and CONFIRMED and
made a part of this Order.
2. Plaintiff’s Unopposed Motion for Attorney’s Fees (Doc. 19) is GRANTED.
3. Plaintiff is awarded $4,580.52 in attorney’s fees and $400.00 in costs.

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4. The Court authorizes, but does not require, payment to be made directly to
Plaintiff’s counsel if it is determined that Plaintiff does not owe a debt to the
Government.
DONE and ORDERED in Orlando, Florida on August 24, 2016.

Copies furnished to:
Counsel of Record

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