Fletcher v. Social Security Administration

Filing 39

ORDER: The Court has reviewed the Report and Recommendation and the file. The Report and Recommendation is adopted and approved. Accordingly, Plaintiff's Petition for EAJA Fees Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2312(d) (Doc. No. 28 ) is GRANTED in part, and Plaintiff is awarded attorney's fees in the amount of $7,511.34, and paralegal fees in the amount of $12.00, as set forth in the Report and Recommendation. Signed by District Judge Eli J. Richardson on 9/13/2019. (DOCKET TEXT SUMMARY ONLY-ATTORNEYS MUST OPEN THE PDF AND READ THE ORDER.)(jm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
DONNA ROXIE MARIE FLETCHER,
Plaintiff,
v.
ANDREW M. SAUL, COMMISSIONER
OF SOCIAL SECURITY
ADMINISTRATION,

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No. 3:18-cv-00111
JUDGE RICHARDSON

Defendant.
ORDER
Pending before the Court is a Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge (Doc.
No. 38), recommending that Plaintiff’s Petition for EAJA Fees Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2312(d)
(Doc. No. 28) be granted in part. No Objections to the Report and Recommendation have been
filed.
The failure to object to a report and recommendation releases the Court from its duty to
independently review the matter. Frias v. Frias, No. 2:18-cv-00076, 2019 WL 549506, at * 2
(M.D. Tenn. Feb. 12, 2019); Hart v. Bee Property Mgmt., Case No. 18-cv-11851, 2019 WL
1242372, at * 1 (E.D. Mich. March 18, 2019) (citing Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1985).
The district court is not required to review, under a de novo or any other standard, those aspects of
the report and recommendation to which no objection is made. Ashraf v. Adventist Health
System/Sunbelt, Inc., 322 F. Supp. 3d 879, 881 (W.D. Tenn. 2018); Benson v. Walden Security,
Case No. 3:18-cv-0010, 2018 WL 6322332, at * 3 (M.D. Tenn. Dec. 4, 2018). The district court
should adopt the magistrate judge’s findings and rulings to which no specific objection is filed. Id.

The Court has reviewed the Report and Recommendation and the file. The Report and
Recommendation is adopted and approved. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s Petition for EAJA Fees
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2312(d) (Doc. No.28) is GRANTED in part, and Plaintiff is awarded
attorney’s fees in the amount of $7,511.34, and paralegal fees in the amount of $12.00, as set forth
in the Report and Recommendation.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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ELI RICHARDSON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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