Peters v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 39

ORDER re 32 Objection. Objection denied for the reasons set forth in the attached Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Clifford J. Proud on 8/3/2017. (jmt)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
SCOTT PETERS,

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Plaintiff,
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NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting
Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

Civil No. 16-cv-1271-JPG-CJP

ORDER
PROUD, Magistrate Judge:
Before the Court is plaintiff’s Objection. (Doc. 32).
This case was transferred here by the Northern District of Illinois. See,
Doc. 20. Plaintiff objects to the transfer because “everything took place up north.”
However, as was explained in Doc. 20, a case challenging the final decision of the
Commissioner should be filed in the district where the plaintiff resides. 42 U.S.C.
§ 405(g). At the time he filed suit, and still today, plaintiff was incarcerated at
Menard Correctional Center, which is in the Southern District of Illinois.
Upon transfer, the case was assigned a new case number. Plaintiff finds
this suspicious as, in his experience, transferred cases are not assigned new
numbers. Regardless of plaintiff’s experiences, cases transferred to this district
from other districts are routinely assigned new numbers. The assignment of a
new number does not, as he suggests, work to the advantage of the defendant.
Therefore, his Objection (Doc. 32) is

Plaintiff’s concerns are baseless.
DENIED.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATE: August 3, 2017.

s/ Clifford J. Proud
CLIFFORD J. PROUD
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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