Reddick v. Astrue

Filing 23

ORDER adopting 16 Report and Recommendations; affirming the Acting Commissioner's final decision; closing this civil action; and entering a final judgment in favor of the Acting Commissioner. Signed by Judge J. Randal Hall on 02/25/2014. (thb)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
AUGUSTA DIVISION

JAMES W. REDDICK,
Plaintiff,
CV 112-152

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting
Commissioner of Social Security
Administration,
Defendant.

ORDER

After a careful, de novo review of the file, the Court concurs with the Magistrate
Judge's Report and Recommendation, to which objections have been filed. (Doc. no.

18.) After thorough consideration of the grounds of alleged error in Plaintiffs briefing,
(doc. no. 7), and the Acting Commissioner's responses, (doc. no. 10), the Magistrate

Judge recommended that the Acting Commissioner's final decision be affirmed because

(1) the Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") properly rejected Plaintiffs testimony

concerning the intensity, pain, and limiting effects of his back and knee conditions, (2)

the ALJ properly determined Plaintiffs residual functional capacity ("RFC") after

assessing all of the evidence and testimony in the record, and (3) the ALJ's decision
properly incorporated the testimony of the Vocational Expert ("VE"). (See generally
doc. no. 16.)

The Court hereby OVERRULES Plaintiffs objections because they restate the

claims that the Magistrate Judge has already addressed at length and do not offer any new
information or evidence that warrants a deviation from the Magistrate Judge's
recommendation.

(See generally doc. no. 18.)

Accordingly, the Report and

Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge is ADOPTED as the opinion of the Court.
Therefore, the Acting Commissioner's final decision is AFFIRMED, this civil action is

CLOSED, and a final judgment is ENTERED in favor of the Acting Commissioner.

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SO ORDERED this^Tday ofFebmarj^OT^at Augusta, Georgia.

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HONORABLE J. RANDAL HAL!
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

.SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA