Wright v Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 45

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS; granting 42 Motion for Attorney Fees. Signed by Judge Theresa L Springmann on 1/22/14. (ksp)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA
JOHN WRIGHT
Plaintiff,
v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN1, Acting
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant.

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CAUSE NO.: 4:10-CV-35-TLS

ORDER
This matter is before the Court on attorney, C. David Little, for the Plaintiff’s Motion for
Attorney Fees Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) [ECF No. 42], filed on October 25, 2012. Attorney
Little requests to be awarded $6,331.03 for his successful efforts in securing benefits for his
client retroactive to August 25, 2005. On August 21, 2013, Magistrate Judge Roger B. Cosbey
issued a Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 44] recommending that the motion [ECF No.
42] be granted, except that the fee award be increased from $6,331.03 to $6,441.03 to satisfy all
of the Plaintiff’s claims under the Equal Access to Justice Act.
The Court, being duly advised, and with more than fourteen days having passed without
objection, ACCEPTS Magistrate Judge Roger B. Cosbey’s Recommendation [ECF No. 44] and
GRANTS the Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorney Fees [ECF No. 42]. The Court ORDERS the
Defendant to pay $6,441.03 in attorney fees and costs, payable to Plaintiff’s attorney, C. David
Little at the law office of Power, Little, Little & Little. The Court further ORDERS that the

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Although Plaintiff brought this suit against Michael J. Astrue, the former Commissioner of
Social Security, Carolyn W. Colvin became the Acting Commissioner on February 14, 2013. As such,
under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(d), Colvin is automatically substituted as a party in place of
Astrue. FED. R. CIV. P. 25(d).

Defendant ascertain whether the Plaintiff owes pre-existing debt to the United States that is
subject to offset. See Astrue v. Ratliff, 130 S. Ct. 2521, 2528–29 (2010). If Plaintiff owes preexisting debt subject to offset, the Defendant is DIRECTED to instruct the U.S. Department of
Treasury to pay the Plaintiff any amount remaining after offset, and to make any such payment
payable to Plaintiff’s attorney, C. David Little, at the law office of Power, Little, Little & Little.
SO ORDERED on January 22, 2014.
s/ Theresa L. Springmann
THERESA L. SPRINGMANN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FORT WAYNE DIVISION

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