DOUCETTE v. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONER, No. 2:2007cv00178 - Document 20 (D. Me. 2009)
Court Description: ORDER AFFIRMING THE RECOMMENDED DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE re 19 Report and Recommendations; granting 17 Motion for Attorney Fees By JUDGE GEORGE Z. SINGAL. (lrc)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE EVA DOUCETTE, Plaintiff v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil No. 07-178-P-S ORDER AFFIRMING THE RECOMMENDED DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE No objections having been filed to the Magistrate Judge's Recommended Decision (Docket No. 19) filed August 27, 2009, the Recommended Decision is AFFIRMED. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the Plaintiff s Motion for Award of Fees (Docket No. 17) is GRANTED resulting in an attorney fee award pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ยง 406(b) of $8,150.00, with the proviso that Plaintiff s counsel be directed to refund to his client the sum of $3,266.25 previously awarded in EAJA fees. __ _/s/ George Z. Singal United States District Judge Dated this 16th day of September, 2009.
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