Filed: Sep. 12, 2016
Latest Update: Sep. 12, 2016
Summary: ORDER MARCIA MORALES HOWARD , District Judge . THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Magistrate Judge Patricia D. Barksdale's Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 19; Report), entered on August 10, 2016. In the Report, Magistrate Judge Barksdale recommends that the Commissioner's decision be reversed and remanded. See Report at 25. No objections to the Report have been filed, and the time for doing so has passed. The Court "may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or
Summary: ORDER MARCIA MORALES HOWARD , District Judge . THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Magistrate Judge Patricia D. Barksdale's Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 19; Report), entered on August 10, 2016. In the Report, Magistrate Judge Barksdale recommends that the Commissioner's decision be reversed and remanded. See Report at 25. No objections to the Report have been filed, and the time for doing so has passed. The Court "may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or ..
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ORDER
MARCIA MORALES HOWARD, District Judge.
THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Magistrate Judge Patricia D. Barksdale's Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 19; Report), entered on August 10, 2016. In the Report, Magistrate Judge Barksdale recommends that the Commissioner's decision be reversed and remanded. See Report at 25. No objections to the Report have been filed, and the time for doing so has passed.
The Court "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). If no specific objections to findings of facts are filed, the district court is not required to conduct a de novo review of those findings. See Garvey v. Vaughn, 993 F.2d 776, 779 n.9 (11th Cir. 1993); see also 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). However, the district court must review legal conclusions de novo. See Cooper-Houston v. Southern Ry. Co., 37 F.3d 603, 604 (11th Cir. 1994); United States v. Rice, No. 2:07-mc-8-FtM-29SPC, 2007 WL 1428615, at *1 (M.D. Fla. May 14, 2007).
Upon independent review of the Magistrate Judge's Report, the Court will accept and adopt the legal and factual conclusions recommended by the Magistrate Judge.
Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED:
1. The Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 19) of Magistrate Judge Barksdale is ADOPTED as the opinion of the Court.
2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to enter judgment pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. §§ 405(g) and 1383(c)(3) REVERSING the Commissioner's final decision and REMANDING this matter to the Commissioner with the following instructions:
(a) state with particularity the weight given to each medical opinion and the reasons for that weight; and
(b) take any other necessary action.
3. The Clerk of the Court is further directed to close the file.
4. Plaintiff's counsel is advised that, in the event benefits are awarded on remand, any § 406(b) or § 1383(d)(2) fee application shall be filed within the parameters set forth by the Order entered in Case No. 6:12-mc-124-Orl-22 (In Re: Procedures for Applying for Attorney's Fees Under 42 U.S.C. §§ 406(b) and 1383(d)(2)).
DONE AND ORDERED.
