PENKUL v. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONER

Filing 34

ORDER AFFIRMING THE RECOMMENDED DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE 28 By JUDGE GEORGE Z. SINGAL. (MSH)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
District of Maine

LINDA PENKUL o/b/o ROSALINA
PENKUL,
Plaintiff
v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting
Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant

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No. 2:14-cv-00156-GZS

ORDER AFFIRMING THE
RECOMMENDED DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE

The United States Magistrate Judge filed with the Court on November 30, 2014, his
Recommended Decision (ECF No. 28). Plaintiff filed her Objection to the Recommended Decision
(ECF No. 30) on December 5, 2014. Defendant filed its Response to Plaintiff’s Objection to the
Recommended Decision (ECF No. 33) on December 22, 2014.
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.

It is therefore ORDERED that the Recommended Decision of the Magistrate Judge
is hereby AFFIRMED.

2.

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 16) be
DENIED as to any claim arising from the payment of all or any portion of a federal
tax refund otherwise due to Rosalina Penkul to the Social Security Administration,
and otherwise GRANTED.

3.

It is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiff Linda Penkul demonstrate that she has
authority to represent Rosalina Penkul should she make future filings with this Court.

/s/George Z. Singal_____________
U.S. District Judge
Dated this 29th day of December, 2014.