KENNETH M. KARAS, District Judge.
On December 14, 2016, Magistrate Judge Paul E. Davison issued a thorough Report & Recommendation ("R&R") recommending that the Court deny Plaintiffs Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings and grant Defendant's Cross-Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings. (Report & Recommendation ("R&R") (Dkt. No. 24).) Plaintiff timely filed objections to the R&R on December 27, 2016. (See Pl.'s Obj's to R&R ("Pl.'s Obj's") (Dkt. No. 25).) Defendant filed a response to Plaintiffs objections on January 10, 2017. (See Def.'s Response to Pl.'s Obj's (Dkt. No. 26).)
A district court reviewing a report and recommendation addressing a dispositive motion "may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge." 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); see also Bradley v. Comm'r ofSoc. Sec., No. 12-CV-7300, 2015 WL 1069307, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 11, 2015) (same). Under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b)(2), parties may submit objections to the magistrate judge's report and recommendation. The objections must be "specific" and "written." Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2); see also 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). When a party submits timely and specific objections to a report and recommendation, the district court reviews de novo the parts of the report and recommendation to which the party objected. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3); Bradley, 2015 WL 1069307, at *1. Further, the district court "may adopt those portions of the ... report [and recommendation] to which no `specific written objection' is made, as long as the factual and legal bases supporting the findings and conclusions set forth in those sections are not clearly erroneous or contrary to law." Eisenberg v. New England Motor Freight, Inc., 564 F.Supp.2d 224, 226 (S.D.N.Y. 2008) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2)); see also Alverio v. Colvin, No. 13-CV-4722, 2015 WL 1062411, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 9, 2015) ("When the parties make no objections to the [r]eport [and recommendation], the [c]ourt may adopt [it] if there is no clear error on the face of the record." (internal quotation marks omitted)).
However, objections that are "merely perfunctory responses argued in an attempt to engage the district court in a rehashing of the same arguments set forth in the original petition will not suffice to invoke de novo review of the magistrate's recommendations." Vega v. Artuz, No. 97-CV-3775, 2002 WL 31174466, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 30, 2002) (italics omitted); see also Assenheimer v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec., No. 13-CV-8825, 2015 WL 5707164, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 29, 2015) (same); Ortiz v. Barkley, 558 F.Supp.2d 444, 451 (S.D.N.Y. 2008) (same).
Plaintiffs objections to the R&R do not simply rehash the arguments presented to Judge Davison, but are at times verbatim recitations of the arguments considered and rejected by Judge Davison in Plaintiffs Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings. (Compare Pl.'s Obj's 2-6 with Pl.'s Mem. of Law in Supp. of Judgment on Pleadings ("Pl.'s Mem.") 14-17 (Dkt. No. 17) (discussing ALJ's duty to develop the record); compare Pl.'s Obj's 6-7 with Pl.'s Mem. 18-20 (discussing proper weight of treating physician's opinion); compare Pl.'s Obj's 7-10 with Pl.'s Mem. 20-21 (discussing ALJ's determination of Plaintiffs credibility); compare Pl.'s Obj's 10-12 with Pl.'s Mem. 22-23 (discussing vocational expert testimony and Plaintiffs due process rights).)
Because Plaintiff has not lodged any specific objections that do not merely rehash the arguments presented to Judge Davison, the Court has reviewed the R&R for clear error. Finding no error, clear or otherwise, the Court adopts the R&R in its entirety.
Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED that Plaintiffs Motion is denied and Defendant's Motion is granted. The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to terminate the pending Motions, (Dkt. Nos. 16, 18), and close this case.