Osman v. Kijakazi
Osman v. Kijakazi
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
Polly O., File No. 20-cv-1820 (ECT/ECW) Plaintiff, v. ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant. ________________________________________________________________________ Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright issued a Report and Recommendation on May 25, 2022. ECF No. 32. No party has objected to that Report and Recommendation, and it is therefore reviewed for clear error. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); Grinder v. Gammon, 73 F.3d 793, 795 (8th Cir. 1996) (per curiam). Finding no clear error, and based upon all of the files, records, and proceedings in the above-captioned matter, IT IS ORDERED THAT: 1. The Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 32] is ACCEPTED; and 2. Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act [ECF No. 26] is GRANTED; 3. Plaintiff is awarded attorneys’ fees in the amount of $9,655.50, pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act and $500 in costs from the Judgment Fund; and 4. In accordance with the EAJA and Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586 (2010), the EAJA fee award and costs are payable to Plaintiff as the litigant and subject to offset any preexisting debts that the litigant may owe to the United States.
Dated: June 21, 2022 s/ Eric C. Tostrud Eric C. Tostrud United States District Court
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
Polly O., File No. 20-cv-1820 (ECT/ECW) Plaintiff, v. ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant. ________________________________________________________________________ Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright issued a Report and Recommendation on May 25, 2022. ECF No. 32. No party has objected to that Report and Recommendation, and it is therefore reviewed for clear error. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); Grinder v. Gammon, 73 F.3d 793, 795 (8th Cir. 1996) (per curiam). Finding no clear error, and based upon all of the files, records, and proceedings in the above-captioned matter, IT IS ORDERED THAT: 1. The Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 32] is ACCEPTED; and 2. Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act [ECF No. 26] is GRANTED; 3. Plaintiff is awarded attorneys’ fees in the amount of $9,655.50, pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act and $500 in costs from the Judgment Fund; and 4. In accordance with the EAJA and Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586 (2010), the EAJA fee award and costs are payable to Plaintiff as the litigant and subject to offset any preexisting debts that the litigant may owe to the United States.
Dated: June 21, 2022 s/ Eric C. Tostrud Eric C. Tostrud United States District Court
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