Stoots v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner of
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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, )
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
AT GREENEVILLE
TAMMIE STOOTS,
Plaintiff,
v.
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY
Defendant.
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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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