Abreu v. Social Security Administration

Filing 29

ORDER by District Judge Judith C. Herrera ADOPTING 28 Report and Recommendations; granting in part 25 Motion for Attorney Fees. (baw)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
TIMOTHY B. ABREU,
Plaintiff,
v.

No. CV 16-853 JCH/CG

ANDREW SAUL,
Commissioner of the Social Security
Administration,
Defendant.
ORDER ADOPTING CHIEF MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S
PROPOSED FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDED DISPOSITION
THIS MATTER is before the Court on the Chief Magistrate Judge’s Proposed
Findings and Recommended Disposition (the “PFRD”), (Doc. 28), filed February 19, 2020.
In the PFRD, the Chief Magistrate Judge recommended that Plaintiff Timothy B. Abreu’s
Request for Attorney Fee Determination of Fees Pursuant to 42 USC 406(B) and
Supporting Memorandum, (Doc. 25), be granted in part. (Doc. 28). The parties were
notified that written objections to the PFRD were due within fourteen days. Id. at 7. No
objections have been filed and the deadline of March 4, 2020, has now passed. The
recommendations of the Chief Magistrate Judge are therefore adopted by this Court.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff Timothy Abreu’s Request for Attorney
Fee Determination of Fees Pursuant to 42 USC 406(B) and Supporting Memorandum,
(Doc. 25), is GRANTED IN PART and the Social Security Administration is directed to pay
counsel $4,594.00 from Plaintiff’s backpay award for legal services performed before this
Court.
Judith C. Herrera
United States District Court Judge