DECK
v.
COMMISSIONER SOCIAL SECURITY
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The Court adopts the Magistrate Judge's recommendation to grant the unopposed request for attorney's fees.
Plaintiff Tonya Deck sued the Commissioner of Social Security. The Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation on an unopposed request for att…
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THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Magistrate Judge Joel B. Toomey’s Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 24; Report), entered on January 26, 2023. In the Report, Judge Toomey recommends that the Unopposed Request for Authorization to Charge a Reasonable Fee and Memorandum on Reasonable Fees Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) (Dkt. No. 24; Motion) be granted. See Report at 1, 5. No objections to the Report have been filed, and the time for doing so has passed. The Court “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b). Pursuant to Rule 72, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Rule(s)), the Court “must determine de novo any part of the magistrate judge’s disposition that has been properly objected to.” See Rule 72(b)(3); see also 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). However, a party waives the right to challenge on appeal any unobjected-to factual and legal conclusions. See 11th Cir. R. 3-1.1 As such, the Court reviews those portions of the Magistrate Judge’s findings to which no objection was filed for plain error and only if necessary, in the interests of justice. See
id.; see also Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 150 (1985) (“It does not appear that Congress intended to require district court review of a magistrate [judge’s] factual or legal conclusions, under a de novo or any other standard, when neither party objects to those findings.”); Dupree v. Warden, 715 F. 3d 1295,
1304-05 (11th Cir. 2013) (recommending the adoption of what would become 11th Circuit Rule 3-1 so that district courts do not have “to spend significant amounts of time and resources reviewing every issue—whether objected to or not.”).
Upon independent review of the Magistrate Judge=s Report, the Court will accept and adopt the legal and factual conclusions recommended by the Magistrate Judge. Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED: 1. The Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 24) is ADOPTED as the opinion of the Court. 2. The Unopposed Request for Authorization to Charge a Reasonable Fee and Memorandum on Reasonable Fees Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b) (Dkt. No. 24) is GRANTED. 3. The Commissioner is DIRECTED to pay directly to Richard A. Culbertson, Esq. the sum of $4,675.05 for attorney’s fees. 4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to enter judgment accordingly. DONE AND ORDERED in Jacksonville, Florida, this 15th day of February, 2023.
MARCIA MORALES HOWARD
United States District Judge
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- Dupree v. Warden, Attorney Gen., State of Ala., 715 F.3d 1295 (11th Cir. 2013)