White v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 34

ORDER: The Report and Recommendation (Doc. # 33) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED. Plaintiff's Petition for Attorney Fees (Doc. # 32) is GRANTED. Plaintiff is awarded $3,118.90 in attorney's fees. The Clerk is directed to enter an amended judgment accordingly. Signed by Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington on 6/4/2024. (DMD)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION
MANDI WHITE,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 8:23-cv-1245-VMC-AAS

COMMISSIONER,
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,
Defendant.
_______________________________/
ORDER
This matter comes before the Court upon consideration of
United States Magistrate Judge Amanda Arnold Sansone’s Report
and Recommendation (Doc. # 33), entered on May 20, 2024,
recommending that the Plaintiff’s Petition for Attorney Fees
(Doc. # 32) be granted. No objections have been filed and the
time to file objections has expired.
The

Court

accepts

and

adopts

the

Report

and

Recommendation and grants the Motion.
Discussion
After conducting a careful and complete review of the
findings and recommendations, a district judge may accept,
reject

or

modify

recommendation.

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the

magistrate

U.S.C.

§

judge’s

636(b)(1);

report

and

Williams

v.

Wainwright, 681 F.2d 732 (11th Cir. 1982). In the absence of
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specific objections, there is no requirement that a district
judge review factual findings de novo, Garvey v. Vaughn, 993
F.2d 776, 779 n.9 (11th Cir. 1993), and the court may accept,
reject or modify, in whole or in part, the findings and
recommendation. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). If a party files a
timely and specific objection to a finding of fact by the
magistrate judge, the district court must conduct a de novo
review

with

respect

to

that

factual

issue.

Stokes

v.

Singletary, 952 F.2d 1567, 1576 (11th Cir. 1992). The district
judge reviews legal conclusions de novo, even in the absence
of an objection. See Cooper-Houston v. S. Ry. Co., 37 F.3d
603, 604 (11th Cir. 1994); Castro Bobadilla v. Reno, 826 F.
Supp. 1428, 1431-32 (S.D. Fla. 1993), aff’d, 28 F.3d 116 (11th
Cir. 1994).
After conducting a careful and complete review of the
findings, conclusions, and recommendations, and giving de
novo review to matters of law, the Court accepts the factual
findings and legal conclusions of the Magistrate Judge.
Accordingly, it is now
ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED:
(1)

The Report and Recommendation (Doc. # 33) is ACCEPTED
and ADOPTED.

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(2)

Plaintiff’s Petition for Attorney Fees (Doc. # 32) is
GRANTED. Plaintiff is awarded $3,118.90 in attorney’s
fees.

(3)

The Clerk is directed to enter an amended judgment
accordingly.
DONE and ORDERED in Chambers in Tampa, Florida, this 4th

day of June, 2024.

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