COMBEST v. COLVIN

Filing 24

ORDER adopting 23 Report and Recommendations and AFFIRMING the decision of the ALJ. Signed by Judge Richard L. Young on 4/5/2017. (TMD)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION BRANDALE SUNSHYNE COMBEST, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, vs. NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant. 1:16-cv-00697-RLY-MJD ORDER ADOPTING THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION Plaintiff, Brandale Sunshyne Combest, seeks judicial review of the Commissioner’s decision to deny her application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income. The court referred the matter to the Magistrate Judge, who issued his Report and Recommendation. The Magistrate Judge concluded that the ALJ’s findings are supported by substantial evidence, and therefore recommended that the decision denying benefits be upheld. Neither party objects. Consequently, the court reviews the Report and Recommendation for clear error. Johnson v. Zema Sys. Corp., 170 F.3d 734, 739 (7th Cir. 1999). After reviewing the record, the ALJ’s decision, and the Report and Recommendation, this court is satisfied that the Magistrate Judge did not commit clear error. 1 Therefore, the court ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation (Filing No. 23) and AFFIRMS the decision of the ALJ. SO ORDERED this 5th day of April 2017. Distributed Electronically to Registered Counsel of Record. 2

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