Stoots v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner of

Filing 28

ORDER ACCEPTING AND ADOPTING 27 Report and Recommendations and GRANTING 23 Motion for Attorney Fees. Signed by District Judge Curtis L Collier on 7/21/2014. (AML, )

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT GREENEVILLE TAMMIE STOOTS, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 2:13-cv-44 Collier/Carter ORDER Before the Court is Plaintiff Tammie Stoots’s (“Plaintiff”) motion for attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) (Court File No. 23), to which the Social Security Commissioner (“Defendant”) responded (Court File No. 26). On July 1, 2014, United States Magistrate Judge William B. Mitchell Carter filed a report and recommendation (“R&R”) in this case, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b) (Court File No. 27), in which he recommended Plaintiff’s motion for attorney’s fees be granted and Plaintiff be awarded $2,537.50 in attorney’s and paralegal’s fees plus $350.00 in costs and $18.93 in expenses for a total of $2,906.43. Neither party has objected to the R&R within the given 14 days. After reviewing the record, this Court agrees with, and hereby ACCEPTS and ADOPTS, the R&R (Court File No. 27). Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion for attorney’s fees (Court File No. 23) and AWARDS Plaintiff $2,537.50 in attorney’s and paralegal’s fees plus $350.00 in costs and $18.93 in expenses for a total of $2,906.43. SO ORDERED. ENTER: /s/ CURTIS L. COLLIER UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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