Williams v. Commissioner of Social Security ( 2023 )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA ORLANDO DIVISION STEVEN LAYNE WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 6:23-cv-419-RBD-LLL COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant. ____________________________________ ORDER On referral in this closed Social Security case, U.S. Magistrate Judge Laura Lothman Lambert entered a Report and Recommendation submitting that the Court should grant Plaintiff’s motion for attorney’s fees. (Doc. 31 (“R&R”).) The parties did not object and the time has passed, so the Court examines the R&R for clear error only. See Macort v. Prem, Inc., 208 F. App’x 781, 784 (11th Cir. 2006). Finding none, the R&R is due to be adopted in its entirety. Accordingly, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED: 1. The R&R (Doc. 31) is ADOPTED AND CONFIRMED and made a part of this Order in its entirety. 2. Plaintiff’s motion for attorney’s fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (Doc. 30) is GRANTED. 3. The Clerk is DIRECTED to enter judgment in favor of Plaintiff and against the Commissioner for attorney’s fees in the amount of $5,451.42. 4. The Commissioner is PERMITTED to exercise discretion to honor Plaintiff's assignment of fees to counsel if the U.S. Department of the Treasury determines that Plaintiff does not owe a debt to the U.S. Government. DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers in Orlando, Florida, on December 22, 2023. ROY B. DALTON, JR. United States District Judge