HOOPER v. COLVIN

Filing 16

ORDER granting 15 Report and Recommendations. The case is hereby reversed and remanded for further proceedings pursuant to Sentence Four fo 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). Ordered by U.S. District Judge W LOUIS SANDS on 10/6/2014. (bcl)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
ALBANY DIVISION
SUSAN M. HOOPER
Plaintiff,
v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Commissioner
of Social Security
Defendant.

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CASE NO.: 1:13-CV-139 (WLS)

ORDER
Before the Court is a Report and Recommendation from United States Magistrate
Judge Thomas Q. Langstaff filed on July 19, 2014. (Doc. 15.) On April 5, 2010, Plaintiff
filed an application for Supplemental Security Income. (Doc. 15 at 2.) On February 2, 2012,
an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) in Thomasville, Georgia determined Plaintiff was not
disabled, thus ineligible for disability benefits. (Id.) The ALJ’s decision was adopted by
Defendant. (Id.) On August 20, 2013, Plaintiff filed the above-captioned appeal challenging
Defendant’s decision to deny Plaintiff’s application for disability benefits. (Doc. 1.) As part
of Plaintiff’s appeal, she claims the ALJ’s conclusions of law and findings of fact are
unsubstantiated.

(Doc. 1 at ¶5.)

Judge Langstaff, agreeing with Plaintiff in part,

recommends remanding the case and directing the ALJ to articulate a rationale as to whether
or not Plaintiff’s complaints are credible. (Doc. 15 at 8.) No objections were filed by
Defendant within the fourteen-day period pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The objection
period expired on August 2, 2014. (See Doc. 15.)
Upon full review and consideration of the record, the Court finds that said
Recommendation (Doc. 15) should be, and hereby is, ACCEPTED, ADOPTED, and

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made the Order of this Court for reason of the findings made and reasons stated therein.
This case is hereby REVERSED and REMANDED for further proceedings pursuant to
Sentence Four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), in accordance with the Magistrate Judge’s
Recommendation.
SO ORDERED, this

6th

day of October, 2014.
/s/ W. Louis Sands
W. LOUIS SANDS, JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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