Rodriguez v. Commissioner of Social Security

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------x

NURIS M. RODRIGUEZ,

Plaintiff, MEMORANDUM & ORDER 20-CV-5284 (EK)(CLP) -against-

COMMISSIONER OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,

Defendant.

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ERIC KOMITEE, United States District Judge: The Court has received Magistrate Judge Pollak’s Report and Recommendation (R&R) dated April 21, 2025. ECF No. 27. Judge Pollak recommends that the Court (1) deem the plaintiff’s motion for attorney’s fees timely; and (2) grant this motion in the total amount of $30,228.43 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). Judge Pollak also recommends that if the Court grant this motion, it order counsel to remit $6,440 in previously awarded Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”) fees to plaintiff. Neither party has filed objections and the time to do so has expired. Accordingly, the Court reviews Judge Pollak’s recommendation for clear error on the face of the record. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b) advisory committee’s note to 1983 addition; accord State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Grafman, 968 F. Supp. 2d 480, 481 (E.D.N.Y. 2013). Having reviewed the record, I find no error and therefore adopt the R&R in its entirety. Thus, the Court (1) deems plaintiff’s motion for attorney’s fees timely; (2) grants

the plaintiff’s motion for attorney’s fees totaling $30,228.43 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b); and (3) orders that upon receipt of these fees, counsel remit to the plaintiff $6,440 in previously awarded EAJA fees.

SO ORDERED.

/s/ Eric Komitee ERIC KOMITEE United State

s District Judge

Dated: July 30, 2025 Brooklyn, New York