UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FORT MYERS DIVISION

WILLIAM E KRETSCHMAR,

Plaintiff,

v. Case No.: 2:21-cv-00086-JES-LLL

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,

Defendant,

OPINION AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on consideration of Magistrate Judge Laura Lothman Lambert’s Report and Recommendation (Doc. #42), filed on May 9, 2025, recommending that the Motion for Attorney Fees Pursuant to

(b) (Doc. #41) filed on May 5, 2025, be granted. No objections have been filed, and the time to do so has expired. A district court must make a de novo determination of those portions of a magistrate judge's report and recommendation to which an objection is made and to matters of law. See

(b)(1)(C). “Most circuits agree that in the absence of a timely filed objection, a district court need not conduct a de novo review, but instead must only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation.” Macort v. Prem, Inc.,

(11th Cir. 2006) (internal quotations marks and citation omitted)

(collecting cases). See also Thomas v. Arn,

(1985) (“It does not appear that Congress intended to require district court review of a magistrate’s factual or legal conclusions, under a de novo or any other standard, when neither party objects to those findings.”). The Court agrees with the findings and recommendations in the Report and Recommendation that the requested fee is reasonable. Accordingly, it is now ORDERED: 1. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. #42) is accepted and adopted by the Court. 1. Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorney Fees Pursuant to

(b) (Doc. #41) is GRANTED and plaintiff’s counsel, Bill Berke, is awarded $9,932.60 under

(b), which shall be paid to counsel from past-due benefits awarded to plaintiff and withheld by the Social Security Administration, to the extent funds are available, with any remaining amount to be collected from plaintiff. 2. The Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment accordingly and close the file. DONE and ORDERED at Fort Myers, Florida, this 29th day of May 2025.

Z — 2, _ □ JGHE E. STEELE 5 IOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Copies: Hon. Laura Lothman Lambert United States Magistrate Judge Counsel of record