Mills v. Colvin

Opinion

Southern District of Texas ENTERED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT August 27, 2025 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS Nathan Ochsner, Clerk CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION MICHELE MILLS, § § Plaintiff, § V. CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:24-CV-00302 CAROLYN COLVIN, Defendant. ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM & RECOMMENDATION Before the Court is Magistrate Judge Julie K. Hampton’s Memorandum and Recommendation (“M&R”). (D.E. 17). The M&R recommends that the Court grant Plaintiff's motion for attorney fees and expenses, (D.E. 15), and award $7,847.53, payable to Plaintiff Michelle Mills, and sent in care of her attorney, Michael T. Kelly. /d. at 3. The parties were provided proper notice of, and the opportunity to object to, the Magistrate Judge’s M&R. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); FED. R. Civ. P. 72(b); General Order No. 2002-13. No objection has been filed. When no timely objection has been filed, the district court need only determine whether the Magistrate Judge’s M&R is clearly erroneous or contrary to law. United States v. Wilson, 864 F.2d 1219, 1221 (Sth Cir. 1989) (per curiam); Powell v. Litton Loan Servicing, L.P., No. 4:14-CV-02700, 2015 WL 3823141, at *1 (S.D. Tex. June 18, 2015) (Harmon, J.) (citation omitted). Having reviewed the proposed findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge, the filings of the parties, the record, and the applicable law, and finding that the M&R is not clearly erroneous or contrary to law, the Court ADOPTS the M&R in its entirety. (D.E. 17). Accordingly, the Court GRANTS the motion for attorney fees and expenses, (D.E. 15), and AWARDS an EAJA fee

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award of $7,847.53, payable to Plaintiff, Michele Mills, and sent in care of her attorney, Michael T. Kelly. SO ORDERED.

DAVID S- MORALES UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Signed: Corpus Christi, Texas August 752025

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