Filed: Feb. 11, 2020
Latest Update: Feb. 11, 2020
Summary: ORDER ROY B. DALTON, JR. , District Judge . Plaintiff's attorney, Richard A. Culbertson (" Culbertson "), filed an unopposed request for authorization to charge Plaintiff attorney's fees. (Doc. 21 (" Motion ").) Culbertson seeks $3,440.43, equaling 25% of Plaintiff's past-due benefits per a contingency agreement, minus the Equal Access to Justice Act fees awarded. ( Id. 1, 3.) On referral, United States Magistrate David A. Baker recommends granting the Motion. (Doc. 22 (" R&R ").) The
Summary: ORDER ROY B. DALTON, JR. , District Judge . Plaintiff's attorney, Richard A. Culbertson (" Culbertson "), filed an unopposed request for authorization to charge Plaintiff attorney's fees. (Doc. 21 (" Motion ").) Culbertson seeks $3,440.43, equaling 25% of Plaintiff's past-due benefits per a contingency agreement, minus the Equal Access to Justice Act fees awarded. ( Id. 1, 3.) On referral, United States Magistrate David A. Baker recommends granting the Motion. (Doc. 22 (" R&R ").) The ..
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ORDER
ROY B. DALTON, JR., District Judge.
Plaintiff's attorney, Richard A. Culbertson ("Culbertson"), filed an unopposed request for authorization to charge Plaintiff attorney's fees. (Doc. 21 ("Motion").) Culbertson seeks $3,440.43, equaling 25% of Plaintiff's past-due benefits per a contingency agreement, minus the Equal Access to Justice Act fees awarded. (Id. ¶¶ 1, 3.) On referral, United States Magistrate David A. Baker recommends granting the Motion. (Doc. 22 ("R&R").)
The parties filed a joint notice of no objection to the R&R. (Doc. 23.) Absent objection, the Court has examined the R&R only for clear error. See Wiand v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., No. 8:12-cv-557-T-27EAJ, 2016 WL 355490, at *1 (M.D. Fla. Jan 28, 2016); see also Macort v. Prem, Inc., 208 F. App'x 781, 784 (11th Cir. 2006). Finding no such error, the Court finds that the R&R is due to be adopted in its entirety.
Accordingly, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows:
1. U.S. Magistrate Judge David A. Baker's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 22) is ADOPTED, CONFIRMED, and made a part of this Order.
2. Richard A. Culbertson's Unopposed Request for Authorization to Charge a Reasonable Fee (Doc. 21) is GRANTED.
3. Richard A. Culbertson is AUTHORIZED to charge Plaintiff Sarah Blakely $3,440.43 in attorney's fees.
4. The Clerk is DIRECTED to close the file.
DONE AND ORDERED.
