SMITH v. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONER

Filing 19

ORDER AFFIRMING RECOMMENDED DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE adopting Report and Recommended Decision re 15 Report and Recommendations for 12 Motion Remand to Agency. By JUDGE D. BROCK HORNBY. (mnw)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MAINE
MONTE SMITH,
PLAINTIFF
v.
MICHAEL J. ASTRUE,
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,
DEFENDANT

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CIVIL NO. 2:12-CV-07-DBH

ORDER AFFIRMING RECOMMENDED DECISION
OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE
On August 29, 2012, the United States Magistrate Judge filed with the
court, with copies to counsel, his Report and Recommended Decision.

The

plaintiff filed his objection to the Magistrate Judge’s Recommended Decision on
September 17, 2012.

I have reviewed and considered the Recommended

Decision, together with the entire record; I have made a de novo determination
of all matters adjudicated by the Recommended Decision; and I concur with the
recommendations of the United States Magistrate Judge for the reasons set
forth in the Recommended Decision, and determine that no further proceeding
is necessary.
It is therefore ORDERED that the Recommended Decision of the Magistrate
Judge is hereby ADOPTED. The motion to remand is GRANTED. The plaintiff
shall receive a full de novo hearing on remand, as the Commissioner’s counsel

has agreed. Def.’s Reply to Pl.’s Objection to Recommended Dec. to Remand at
2 (ECF No. 18).
SO ORDERED.
DATED THIS 9TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2012
/S/D. BROCK HORNBY
D. BROCK HORNBY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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