BEAN v. Social Security, Commissioner of

Filing 22

ORDER Accepting Report and Recommendation 21 Regarding Attorney Fees Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §406(b)(1). Signed by District Judge Denise Page Hood. (LSau)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
EDWARD H. BEAN,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 15-13723
Hon. Denise Page Hood

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,
Defendant.
/
ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
REGARDING ATTORNEY FEES PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1)
This matter is before the Court on Magistrate Judge Stephanie Dawkins
Davis’s Report and Recommendation regarding Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorney
Fees Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1). [Doc. No. 21] Neither party filed any
objections to the Report and Recommendation.
The Court has had an opportunity to review this matter and finds that the
Magistrate Judge reached the correct conclusions for the proper reasons. Finding
no error in the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation, the Court adopts
the Report and Recommendation in its entirety. Furthermore, as neither party has
raised an objection to the Report and Recommendation, the Court finds that the
parties have waived any further objections to the Report and Recommendation.
Smith v. Detroit Fed’n of Teachers Local 231, 829 F.2d 1370, 1373 (6th Cir. 1987)

(a party’s failure to file any objections waives his or her right to further appeal);
Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1985).
For the reasons stated above,
IT IS ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation [Docket No. 21,
filed April 11, 2019] is ADOPTED as this Court’s findings of fact and conclusions
of law.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorney Fees
Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1) [Doc. No. 16, filed November 21, 2018] is
GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff counsel be awarded fees in the
amount of $14,000.00 under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b).
IT IS ORDERED.
s/Denise Page Hood
DENISE PAGE HOOD
United States District Judge

DATED: July 3, 2019

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