Britton v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner of (RLJ2)

Filing 26

ORDER granting 23 Motion for Attorney Fees; adopting Report and Recommendations re 25 Report and Recommendations. Therefore, after careful consideration of the record as a whole, and after careful consideration of the Report a nd Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge, and for the reasons set out in that Report and Recommendation which are incorporated by reference herein, it is hereby ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation is ADOPTED and Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney Fees [Doc. 23] is GRANTED. Plaintiff is awarded $12,902.13 in attorney's fees. No other costs or expenses are ordered. Signed by District Judge Clifton L Corker on 11/15/2019. (CAT)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
GREENEVILLE DIVISION
JOSHUA BRITTON,
Plaintiff,
vs.
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY
ADMINISTRATION,

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2:16-CV-00274-DCLC

Defendant.
ORDER
This matter is before the Court to consider the Report and Recommendation of the United
States Magistrate Judge [Doc. 25]. No objections have been filed to the Report and
Recommendation in the time allowed.
In that Report and Recommendation, the Magistrate Judge recommends that Plaintiff’s
Motion for Attorney Fees [Doc. 23] be granted, and that Plaintiff be awarded EAJA fees in the
amount of $12,902.13. The Magistrate Judge found that all of the conditions set forth in 28 U.S.C.
§ 2412(d)(1)(A), (B) were met and that the affidavit of hours submitted by Plaintiff’s counsel was
reasonable. Defendant did not oppose the payment of attorney’s fees [Doc. 24].
Therefore, after careful consideration of the record as a whole, and after careful
consideration of the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge, and for
the reasons set out in that Report and Recommendation which are incorporated by reference herein,
it is hereby ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation is ADOPTED and Plaintiff’s
Motion for Attorney Fees [Doc. 23] is GRANTED. Plaintiff is awarded $12,902.13 in attorney’s
fees. No other costs or expenses are ordered.

SO ORDERED:

s/ Clifton L. Corker
United States District Judge