MACE v. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONER

Filing 17

ORDER adopting Report and Recommended Decision re 12 Report and Recommendations. for 12 Report and Recommended Decision, 8 Social Security Statement of Errors/Fact Sheet By JUDGE JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR. (err)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE ALBERT E. MACE, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Civil No. 08-14-B-W

ORDER AFFIRMING THE RECOMMENDED DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE The United States Magistrate Judge filed with the Court on November 11, 2008 his Recommended Decision. The Defendant filed his objections to the Recommended Decision on November 25, 2008 and the Plaintiff filed his response to those objections on December 22, 2008. I have reviewed and considered the Magistrate Judge's

Recommended Decision, together with the entire record; I have made a de novo determination of all matters adjudicated by the Magistrate Judge's Recommended Decision; and I concur with the recommendations of the United States Magistrate Judge for the reasons set forth in his Recommended Decision, and determine that no further proceeding is necessary. 1. 2. It is therefore ORDERED that the Recommended Decision of the Magistrate Judge is hereby AFFIRMED. It is further ORDERED that the Commissioner's decision is VACATED and the case REMANDED for further proceedings.

SO ORDERED. /s/ John A. Woodcock, Jr. JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Dated December 24, 2008