Fletcher v. Social Security Administration
Fletcher v. Social Security Administration
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION
DONNA ROXIE MARIE FLETCHER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 3:18-cv-00111 v. ) JUDGE RICHARDSON ) ANDREW M. SAUL, COMMISSIONER ) OF SOCIAL SECURITY ) ADMINISTRATION, )
Defendant.
ORDER Pending before the Court is a Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge (Doc. No. 38), recommending that Plaintiff’s Petition for EAJA Fees Pursuant to
28 U.S.C. § 2312(d) (Doc. No. 28) be granted in part. No Objections to the Report and Recommendation have been filed. The failure to object to a report and recommendation releases the Court from its duty to independently review the matter. Frias v. Frias, No. 2:18-cv-00076,
2019 WL 549506, at * 2 (M.D. Tenn. Feb. 12, 2019); Hart v. Bee Property Mgmt., Case No. 18-cv-11851,
2019 WL 1242372, at * 1 (E.D. Mich. March 18, 2019) (citing Thomas v. Arn,
474 U.S. 140, 149(1985). The district court is not required to review, under a de novo or any other standard, those aspects of the report and recommendation to which no objection is made. Ashraf v. Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc.,
322 F. Supp. 3d 879, 881(W.D. Tenn. 2018); Benson v. Walden Security, Case No. 3:18-cv-0010,
2018 WL 6322332, at * 3 (M.D. Tenn. Dec. 4, 2018). The district court should adopt the magistrate judge’s findings and rulings to which no specific objection is filed.
Id.The Court has reviewed the Report and Recommendation and the file. The Report and Recommendation is adopted and approved. Accordingly, Plaintiff's Petition for EAJA Fees Pursuant to
28 U.S.C. § 2312(d) (Doc. No.28) is GRANTED in part, and Plaintiff is awarded attorney’s fees in the amount of $7,511.34, and paralegal fees in the amount of $12.00, as set forth in the Report and Recommendation. IT IS SO ORDERED.
ELI RICHARDSON UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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