Trevino v. O'Malley

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION
ELI TREVINO,
Plaintiff,
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:24-CV-00177
MARTIN J O'MALLEY, et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
On October 24, 2025, United States Magistrate Judge Julie K. Hampton issued her
“Memorandum and Recommendation” (D.E. 20), recommending that Plaintiff’s motion
for attorney’s fees (D.E. 18) be granted. The parties were provided proper notice of, and
opportunity to object to, the Magistrate Judge’s memorandum and recommendation. Fed.
R. Civ. P. 72(b); 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); General Order No. 2002-13. No objections have
been timely filed.
When no timely objection to a magistrate judge’s memorandum and
recommendation is filed, the district court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error
on the face of the record and accept the magistrate judge’s memorandum and
recommendation. Guillory v. PPG Indus., Inc., 434 F.3d 303, 308 (5th Cir. 2005) (citing
Douglass v. United Servs. Auto Ass’n, 79 F.3d 1415, 1420 (5th Cir. 1996)).
Having reviewed the findings of fact and conclusions of law set forth in the
Magistrate Judge’s memorandum and recommendation (D.E. 20), and all other relevant
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
November 20, 2025
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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documents in the record, and finding no clear error, the Court ADOPTS as its own the
findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge. Accordingly, Trevino’s motion for
attorney’s fees (D.E. 18) is GRANTED and the Court ORDERS that Trevino’s attorney
of record is awarded the sum of $8,389.71 in attorney’s fees pursuant to the EAJA. In
accordance with Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586, 591-98 (2010), the attorney fee award is
ORDERED to be made payable to Plaintiff, Eli Trevino, and mailed in care of his attorney,
Lindsey M. Sbrolla.
ORDERED on November 20, 2025.
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NELVA GONZALES RAMOS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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