HOWARD v. Social Security, Commissioner of

Filing 22

ORDER Adopting 21 Report and Recommendation, denying 14 Motion for Summary Judgment filed by RAY ANN HOWARD and granting 19 Motion for Summary Judgment filed by Commissioner of Social Security. Signed by District Judge Thomas L. Ludington. (SGam)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
NORTHERN DIVISION

RAY ANN HOWARD,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case Number 12-11652
Honorable Thomas L. Ludington

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,
Defendant.
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ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION,
DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND
GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
This matter is before the Court on the report issued by Magistrate Judge R. Steven
Whalen on May 10, 2013. Judge Whalen recommends that the Court deny Plaintiff Ray Ann
Howard’s motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 14), grant Defendant Commissioner of
Social Security’s motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 19), and affirm the judgment of the
Commissioner of Social Security.
Any party may serve and file written objections “[w]ithin fourteen days after being
served with a copy” of the report and recommendations. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The district
court will make a “de novo determination of those portions of the report . . . to which objection is
made.” Id. The Court is not obligated to review the portions of the report to which no objection
was made. Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149–52 (1985). As of today’s date, no party has filed
any objections to Judge Whalen’s report and recommendation.

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that Judge Whalen’s report and recommendation (ECF
No. 21) is ADOPTED.
It is further ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 14) is
DENIED.
It is further ORDERED that Defendant’s motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 19) is
GRANTED.
It is further ORDERED that the judgment of the Commissioner of Social Security is
AFFIRMED.

s/Thomas L. Ludington
THOMAS L. LUDINGTON
United States District Judge
Dated: May 29, 2013

PROOF OF SERVICE
The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing order was served
upon each attorney or party of record herein by electronic means or first
class U.S. mail on May 29, 2013.
s/Tracy A. Jacobs
TRACY A. JACOBS

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