Fritts v. Berryhill, 3:16-CV-46. (2018)
Court: District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Number: infdco20180504i75
Visitors: 10
Filed: May 03, 2018
Latest Update: May 03, 2018
Summary: ORDER CURTIS L. COLLIER , District Judge . United States Magistrate Judge Bruce Guyton filed a report and recommendation (the "R&R") on April 18, 2018, recommending that (1) Plaintiff's Petition for Approval of 406(b) Attorney Fees (Doc. 20) be denied as moot; (2) Plaintiff's Amended Petition for Approval of 406(b) Attorney Fees (Doc. 22) be granted; and that (3) Plaintiff be awarded $8,755.50 in attorney's fees, and upon receipt of the fee award, counsel remit to Plaintiff the Equal Acces
Summary: ORDER CURTIS L. COLLIER , District Judge . United States Magistrate Judge Bruce Guyton filed a report and recommendation (the "R&R") on April 18, 2018, recommending that (1) Plaintiff's Petition for Approval of 406(b) Attorney Fees (Doc. 20) be denied as moot; (2) Plaintiff's Amended Petition for Approval of 406(b) Attorney Fees (Doc. 22) be granted; and that (3) Plaintiff be awarded $8,755.50 in attorney's fees, and upon receipt of the fee award, counsel remit to Plaintiff the Equal Access..
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ORDER
CURTIS L. COLLIER, District Judge.
United States Magistrate Judge Bruce Guyton filed a report and recommendation (the "R&R") on April 18, 2018, recommending that (1) Plaintiff's Petition for Approval of 406(b) Attorney Fees (Doc. 20) be denied as moot; (2) Plaintiff's Amended Petition for Approval of 406(b) Attorney Fees (Doc. 22) be granted; and that (3) Plaintiff be awarded $8,755.50 in attorney's fees, and upon receipt of the fee award, counsel remit to Plaintiff the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA") fee award. (Doc. 24.) Neither party has objected to the R&R within the given fourteen days.
After reviewing the record, the Court agrees with the R&R. The Court hereby ACCEPTS and ADOPTS the R&R (Doc. 24). Plaintiff's Petition for Approval of 406(b) Attorney Fees (Doc. 20) is DENIED as moot. Plaintiff's Amended Petition for Approval of 406(b) Attorney Fees (Doc. 22) is GRANTED. Plaintiff SHALL be awarded $8,755.50 in attorney's fees, and upon receipt of the fee award, counsel SHALL remit to Plaintiff the EAJA fee award.
SO ORDERED.
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