The opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
Chelsea I. B., File No. 18-cv-2874 (ECT/ECW)
Plaintiff,
v. ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT
AND RECOMMENDATION
Andrew Saul, Commissioner of
Social Security,
Defendant.
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Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright issued a Report and Recommendation
on July 29, 2020. ECF No. 30. The Commissioner has filed a response noting no
objections to the Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 31], and it is therefore reviewed
for clear error. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); Grinder v. Gammon, 73 F.3d 793, 795 (8th Cir.
1996) (per curiam). Finding no clear error, and based upon all of the files, records, and
proceedings in the above-captioned matter, IT IS ORDERED THAT:
1. The Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 30] is ACCEPTED;
2. Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorney Fees Under the Equal Access to Justice Act
[ECF No. 24] is GRANTED and Plaintiff is hereby awarded $7,242.00 for reasonable
attorneys’ fees under the EAJA and $500.00 in costs from the Judgement Fund; and
3. In accordance with the EAJA, the fee award and costs are payable to Plaintiff
as the litigant and subject to offset to satisfy any preexisting debts that the litigant may owe
to the United States.
Dated: August 18, 2020 s/ Eric C. Tostrud
Eric C. Tostrud
United States District Court