WHITE v. ASTRUE

Filing 44

ORDER ADOPTING the magistrate judge's 43 Report and Recommendation. Plaintiff's 39 MOTION for Attorney Fees and Costs is GRANTED. Plaintiff's counsel, Stephanie A. Taylor, Esquire, and Blythe R. Glemming, Esquire , of the law firm Taylor, Warren, and Weidner, PA, are entitled to recover fees and expenses in the amount of $7,500.00 for representing Plaintiff; and the Commissioner is directed to pay counsel that amount. Costs in the amount of $350.00 are also awarded, to be paid from the Judgment Fund of the United States Treasury. Signed by SENIOR JUDGE LACEY A COLLIER on 4/8/2010. (djb)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISION VALARIE Y. WHITE, Plaintiff, vs. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant. ___________________________________/ ORDER This cause comes on for consideration upon the magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation dated March 10, 2010 (Doc. 43). The parties have been furnished a copy of the Report and Recommendation and have been afforded an opportunity to file objections pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 636(b)(1). No objections have been filed. Having considered the Report and Recommendation, I have determined that the Report and Recommendation should be adopted. Accordingly, it is now ORDERED as follows: 1. The magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation is adopted and incorporated by reference in this order. 2. Plaintiff's Motion For Attorney Fees and Costs (Doc. 39) is GRANTED as follows: Plaintiff's counsel, Stephanie A. Taylor, Esquire, and Blythe R. Glemming, Esquire, of the law firm Taylor, Warren, and Weidner, PA, are entitled to recover fees and expenses in the amount of $7,500.00 for representing Plaintiff before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (EAJA); the amount of attorney fees, expenses, and hourly rates requested under the EAJA are reasonable; and the Commissioner is directed to pay counsel that amount. Case No. 3:07cv46/LAC/EMT

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Costs in the amount of $350.00 are also awarded, to be paid from the Judgment Fund of the United States Treasury. DONE AND ORDERED this 8th day of April, 2010.

s /L .A . Collier LACEY A. COLLIER SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Case No: 3:07cv46/LAC/EMT