Jackson v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner of

Filing 28

ORDER granting 25 Motion for Attorney Fees; adopting Report and Recommendations re 27 Report and Recommendations. Signed by District Judge Travis R McDonough on January 21, 2021. (SAC)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
AT CHATTANOOGA
CASSANDRA JACKSON,
Plaintiff,
v.
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,
Defendant.

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Case No. 1:17-cv-335
Judge Travis R. McDonough
Magistrate Judge Susan K. Lee

ORDER

On December 11, 2020, United States Magistrate Judge Susan K. Lee filed her report and
recommendation (Doc. 27) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 72(b). Magistrate Judge Lee recommended that Plaintiff’s motion for attorney’s fees
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) (Doc. 25) be granted. Neither party has filed an objection to
Magistrate Judge Lee’s report and recommendation.1 Nevertheless, the Court has conducted a
review of the report and recommendation, as well as the record, and it agrees with Magistrate
Judge Lee’s well-reasoned conclusions.

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Magistrate Judge Lee specifically advised the parties that they had fourteen days in which to
object to the report and recommendation and that failure to do so would waive any right to
appeal. (Doc. 27, at 7 n.2); see Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2); see also Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140,
148–51 (1985) (noting that “[i]t does not appear that Congress intended to require district court
review of a magistrate’s factual or legal conclusions, under a de novo or any other standard,
when neither party objects to those findings”). Even taking into account the three additional
days for service provided by Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(d), the period in which the parties could timely file
any objections has now expired.

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Accordingly, the Court ACCEPTS and ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Lee’s report and
recommendation (Doc. 27). Plaintiff’s motion for attorney’s fees (Doc. 25) is GRANTED in the
fee award amount of $6,000.
SO ORDERED.
/s/ Travis R. McDonough
TRAVIS R. MCDONOUGH
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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