Taffe v. Berryhill

Filing 28

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION (Written Opinion). Signed by Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright on 3/21/2018. (TJB)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA

John R. Taffe,

Case No. 16-cv-3884 (WMW/HB)
Plaintiff,
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION

v.
Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner
of Social Security,
Defendant.

This matter is before the Court on the February 6, 2018 Report and
Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Hildy Bowbeer. (Dkt. 26.) No
objections to the Report and Recommendation have been filed. In the absence of timely
objections, this Court reviews a Report and Recommendation for clear error. See Fed. R.
Civ. P. 72(b); Grinder v. Gammon, 73 F.3d 793, 795 (8th Cir. 1996) (per curiam).
Having reviewed the Report and Recommendation, the Court finds no clear error.
Based on the Report and Recommendation and all the files, records and
proceedings herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1.

The February 6, 2018 Report and Recommendation, (Dkt. 26), is

ADOPTED;
2.
GRANTED;

Plaintiff John R. Taffe’s motion for attorneys’ fees and costs, (Dkt. 22), is

3.

Taffe is awarded $2,281.25 in attorneys’ fees and $400 in costs;

4.

The fee award shall be paid to Taffe, as the litigant; and

5.

The $400 in costs shall be paid from the Judgment Fund administered by

the United States Treasury.
LET JUDGMENT BE ENTERED ACCORDINGLY.

Dated: March 21, 2018

s/Wilhelmina M. Wright
Wilhelmina M. Wright
United States District Judge

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