DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FIL DOC #: □ DATE FILED:_8/14/20 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

Julio Morales, Plaintiff, 16-cv-0031 (AJN) (BCM) —y— ORDER Andrew Saul, Defendant.

ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge: Before the Court is Judge Moses’s December 16, 2019 Report & Recommendation (“R & R”) recommending that the Court grant Plaintiff’s motion for an order approving a contingent fee arrangement in this social security case. See Dkt. No. 31. When considering the findings and recommendations of a magistrate judge, the Court may “accept, reject, or modify [them], in whole or in part.”

(b)(1). The Court must make a de novo determination of any portions of a magistrate’s report, findings, or recommendations to which a party raises an objection, and reviews only for “clear error on the face of the record” when there are no objections to the R & R. Brennan vy. Colvin, No. 13-cv- 6338 (AJN) (RLE),

, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 25, 2015); see also Hicks v. Ercole, No. 09-cv-2531 (AJN) (MHD),

, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 18, 2015); Gomez v. Brown,

(S.D.N.Y. 2009). Clear error is found only when, upon review of the entire record, the Court is left with “the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.” Laster v. Mancini, No. 07-cv-8265 (DAB) (MHD),

, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 25, 2013) (quoting United States v. Snow,

(2d Cir. 2006)).

Objections to Judge Moses’s R & R were due by December 30, 2019. See Dkt. No. 31 at 5; see also

(b)(1)(C); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2). As of the date of this Order, no objections have been filed. The Court thus reviews the R & R for clear error and finds none. The Court therefore adopts the R & R in its entirety and GRANTS Plaintiff's motion. The Social Security Administration is hereby directed to approve a payment of $29,000 to Plaintiff’ s attorney, Christopher J. Bowes, and upon receipt of payment, Mr. Bowes shall promptly refund $5,021 to Plaintiff. This order resolves Dkt. No. 27. SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 14, 2020 Ai i ee New York, New York Gs ALISONJ.NATHAN United States District Judge