RICKER v. COLVIN, 2:14-CV-256. (2016)
Court: District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Number: infdco20160129821
Visitors: 25
Filed: Jan. 25, 2016
Latest Update: Jan. 25, 2016
Summary: ORDER THOMAS W. PHILLIPS , Senior District Judge . This Social Security case is before the Court to consider the Report and Recommendation [Doc. 28] of United States Magistrate Judge C. Clifford Shirley, Jr., dated December 31, 2015. In that Report and Recommendation, Magistrate Judge Shirley recommends that the plaintiff's motion for judgment on the pleadings [Doc. 22] be denied and that the defendant's motion for summary judgment [Doc. 24] be granted. No objections to the Report and Reco
Summary: ORDER THOMAS W. PHILLIPS , Senior District Judge . This Social Security case is before the Court to consider the Report and Recommendation [Doc. 28] of United States Magistrate Judge C. Clifford Shirley, Jr., dated December 31, 2015. In that Report and Recommendation, Magistrate Judge Shirley recommends that the plaintiff's motion for judgment on the pleadings [Doc. 22] be denied and that the defendant's motion for summary judgment [Doc. 24] be granted. No objections to the Report and Recom..
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ORDER
THOMAS W. PHILLIPS, Senior District Judge.
This Social Security case is before the Court to consider the Report and Recommendation [Doc. 28] of United States Magistrate Judge C. Clifford Shirley, Jr., dated December 31, 2015. In that Report and Recommendation, Magistrate Judge Shirley recommends that the plaintiff's motion for judgment on the pleadings [Doc. 22] be denied and that the defendant's motion for summary judgment [Doc. 24] be granted. No objections to the Report and Recommendation have been filed and the time for doing so has passed. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), E.D. Tenn. L.R. 7.2.
The Court has carefully reviewed this matter, including the administrative record and the underlying pleadings [Docs. 14, 22, 23, 24, 25]. The Court is in agreement with Magistrate Judge Shirley's recommendation which the Court adopts and incorporates into its ruling. Accordingly, the Court ACCEPTS IN WHOLE the Report and Recommendation [Doc. 28]. The plaintiff's motion for judgment on the pleadings [Doc. 22] is DENIED; the defendant's motion for summary judgment [Doc. 24] is GRANTED; the Commissioner's decision in this case denying plaintiff's application for benefits under the Social Security Act is AFFIRMED; and this case is DISMISSED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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