DIMMETT v. COLVIN

Filing 30

ORDER denying Plaintiff's 11 Motion for Default Judgment and adopting Magistrate Judge's 28 Report and Recommendations. ALJ's decision denying benefits is AFFIRMED. (cm). Signed by Judge Richard L. Young on 5/26/2015. (TMD)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA
EVANSVILLE DIVISION

PAUL DAVID DIMMETT,

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

3:14-cv-00095-RLY-WGH

ENTRY ON MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Plaintiff, Paul Dimmett, who is proceeding pro se, filed a request for judicial
review of the final decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
denying his application for Supplemental Security Income under Title XVI of the Social
Security Act. The court referred the matter to the Magistrate Judge, who concluded that
the ALJ did not commit reversible error and recommended that the court affirm the ALJ’s
decision (Filing No. 28). The Magistrate Judge also recommended that the court deny the
Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment and that the court deny the Plaintiff’s Motion to
Reconsider 1 the Court’s Order Denying Plaintiff’s Request for Court Order to Submit an
Affidavit or Appearance. Plaintiff objects to all three rulings; the Commissioner did not
respond.

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This motion is filed as a “Response to Order on Motion.” The Magistrate Judge interpreted
Plaintiff’s Response as a motion to reconsider, and treated it as such.

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Plaintiff’s objection raises these same arguments that were raised and rejected by
the Magistrate Judge in a thorough and well-reasoned opinion. The court finds no reason
to reverse or otherwise modify his opinion. Accordingly, the court ADOPTS the
Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation (Filing No. 28), AFFIRMS the ALJ’s
decision denying benefits, DENIES Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment (Filing No.
11), and DENIES Plaintiff’s Motion to Reconsider the Court’s Order Denying Plaintiff’s
Request for Court Order to Submit an Affidavit or Appearance (Filing No. 22).

SO ORDERED this 26th day of May 2015.

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RICHARD L. YOUNG, CHIEFJUDGE
United States District Court
Southern District of Indiana

Distributed Electronically to Registered Counsel of Record.
Copy to:
Paul David Dimmett
1114 Henning Avenue
Evansville, IN 47714

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