Bates v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 29

Order Accepting 28 Findings and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge. Accordingly, the court grants Plaintiff's Application for Attorney's Fees Under the Equal Access to Justice Act (Doc. 24 ) to the extent that Plaintiff is awarded and shall recover from Defendant a total of $13,318.57 for attorney's fees and costs. (Ordered by Judge Sam A Lindsay on 6/5/2014) (axm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
DALLAS DIVISION
BRYANT KORTEZ BATES,
Plaintiff,
v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

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Civil Action No. 3:13-CV-1659-L

ORDER
Before the court is Plaintiff’s Application for Attorney’s Fees Under the Equal Access to
Justice Act (Doc. 24), filed April 10, 2014. The motion was referred to Magistrate Judge Renee
Harris Toliver, who entered Findings, Conclusions and Recommendation of the United States
Magistrate Judge (“Report”) on May 19, 2014, recommending that the court grant the Application
to the extent that Plaintiff be awarded $12,918.57 for attorney’s fees and $400 for costs. No
objections to the Report were filed. After reviewing the application, response and objections,
Report, record, and applicable law, the court determines that the magistrate judge’s findings and
conclusions are correct, and accepts them as those of the court. Accordingly, the court grants
Plaintiff’s Application for Attorney’s Fees Under the Equal Access to Justice Act (Doc. 24) to the
extent that Plaintiff is awarded and shall recover from Defendant a total of $13,318.57 for attorney’s
fees and costs.
It is so ordered this 5th day of June, 2014.

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Sam A. Lindsay
United States District Judge
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