IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA

DAVID LEE CHAFFIN,

Plaintiff,

vs. Case No. 21-CV-43-JFH-JAR

COMMISSIONER OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,

Defendant. ORDER Before the Court is the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Jason A. Robertson reviewing Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorney Fees Under

(b). Dkt. No. 34. Neither party objected to Magistrate Judge Jackson’s Report and Recommendation within the 14-day period prescribed by

(b)(1)(C) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b). Having reviewed the Report and Recommendation, the Court concurs with Magistrate Judge Robertson’s recommendation, and accepts and adopts it as the order of the Court. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorney Fees Under

(b) [Dkt. No. 31] is GRANTED. Plaintiff’s counsel is awarded fees in the amount of $15,952.50 to be paid by Defendant directly to counsel from the amount of past due benefits withheld for that purpose. Per counsel’s request, payment shall be made to Steve A. Troutman as counsel for Plaintiff. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s counsel refund the smaller amount between any EAJA fees already awarded and the § 406(b) fees awarded in this decision to Plaintiff. Weakley v. Bowen,

(10th Cir. 1986). Dated this 16th day of August 2024. LbLeU JOHN F. HEM, Ill UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE