Little v. Saul, 3:17-CV-00328. (2019)
Court: District Court, S.D. Texas
Number: infdco20190906b78
Visitors: 16
Filed: Sep. 05, 2019
Latest Update: Sep. 05, 2019
Summary: ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION GEORGE C. HANKS, JR. , District Judge . On February 22, 2018, this case was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Andrew M. Edison. Dkt. 6. On August 20, 2019, Judge Edison filed a Memorandum and Recommendation (Dkt. 21) recommending that Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney Fees Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 406(b) (Dkt. 20) be GRANTED. No objections have been filed to the Memorandum and Recommendation. Accordingly, the Court rev
Summary: ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION GEORGE C. HANKS, JR. , District Judge . On February 22, 2018, this case was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Andrew M. Edison. Dkt. 6. On August 20, 2019, Judge Edison filed a Memorandum and Recommendation (Dkt. 21) recommending that Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney Fees Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 406(b) (Dkt. 20) be GRANTED. No objections have been filed to the Memorandum and Recommendation. Accordingly, the Court revi..
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ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
GEORGE C. HANKS, JR., District Judge.
On February 22, 2018, this case was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Andrew M. Edison. Dkt. 6. On August 20, 2019, Judge Edison filed a Memorandum and Recommendation (Dkt. 21) recommending that Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney Fees Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) (Dkt. 20) be GRANTED.
No objections have been filed to the Memorandum and Recommendation. Accordingly, the Court reviews the Memorandum and Recommendation for plain error on the face of the record. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); see also, FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b)(3).
Based on the pleadings, the record and the applicable law, the Court finds that there is no plain error apparent from the face of the record. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that:
(1) Judge Edison's Memorandum and Recommendation (Dkt. 21) is APPROVED AND ADOPTED in its entirety as the holding of the Court;
(2) Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney Fees Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) (Dkt. 20) is GRANTED; and
(3) Plaintiff Christopher James Little is AWARDED $18,534.50 in attorney's fees out of Little's past-due benefits pursuant to Section 406(b).
It is so ORDERED.
FootNotes
1. On June 17, 2019, Andrew Saul became the Commissioner of Social Security ("Commissioner") and is automatically substituted as a party pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(d).
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