Culmer v. Berryhill

Filing 18

ORDER entered: ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATIONS : This court finds and concludes that Culmer's requested attorney's fees must be adjusted to the 2018 Consumer Price Index rate of $199.58 for the Houston area; they must be reduce d by 3 hours for clerical tasks, such as diary filing, calendering, and going to the post office; and they must be reduced by another 1.25 hours for excessive time for calendaring and reviewing one-page orders. Culmer's motion for attorney's fees is otherwise granted. (Docket Entry No. 15). Culmer is entitled to $6,586.14 in reasonable attorney's fees. (Signed by Chief Judge Lee H Rosenthal) Parties notified.(leddins, 4)

United States District Court
Southern District of Texas

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
JAMES A. CULMER,
Plaintiff,
v.
NANCY A. BERRYHILL,
Commissioner of the Social Security
Administration,
Defendant.

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ENTERED
June 19, 2019
David J. Bradley, Clerk

CIVIL ACTION NO. H-18-1266

ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
AND AWARDING FEES
This court has reviewed the May 30, 2019, Memorandum and Recommendation of United
States Magistrate Judge Christina Bryan on James Culmer’s motion for attorney’s fees. No
objections were filed. This court has made a de novo determination based on the motion, the record,
and the applicable law, and adopts the Memorandum and Recommendation as this court’s
Memorandum and Order. FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b); 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C); United States v. Wilson,
864 F.2d 1219 (5th Cir. 1989).
This court finds and concludes that Culmer’s requested attorney’s fees must be adjusted to
the 2018 Consumer Price Index rate of $199.58 for the Houston area; they must be reduced by 3
hours for clerical tasks, such as diary filing, calendering, and going to the post office; and they must
be reduced by another 1.25 hours for excessive time for calendaring and reviewing one-page orders.
Culmer’s motion for attorney’s fees is otherwise granted. (Docket Entry No. 15). Culmer is entitled
to $6,586.14 in reasonable attorney’s fees.
SIGNED on June 19, 2019, at Houston, Texas.

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Lee H. Rosenthal
Chief United States District Judge