Burke v. Social Security, Commissioner of

Filing 12

ORDER ADOPTING 11 Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation. Signed by District Judge Gerald E. Rosen. (JOwe)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
HAROLD DOUGLAS BURKE,
Plaintiff,
Case No. 12-10193
Hon. Gerald E. Rosen
Magistrate Judge Laurie J. Michelson

v.
COMMISSIONER OF
SOCIAL SECURITY,
Defendant.
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ORDER ADOPTING
MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
At a session of said Court, held in
the U.S. Courthouse, Detroit, Michigan
on
February 1, 2013
PRESENT: Honorable Gerald E. Rosen
Chief Judge, United States District Court
On December 10, 2012, Magistrate Judge Laurie J. Michelson issued a Report and
Recommendation (“R & R”) recommending that the Court deny Plaintiff Harold Douglas
Burke’s motion for summary judgment and grant the Defendant Commissioner of Social
Security’s motion for summary judgment. No objections have been filed to the R & R.
Upon reviewing the R & R, the parties’ underlying cross-motions for summary judgment,
and the record as a whole, the Court concurs in the analysis of the Magistrate Judge, and
adopts the R & R in its entirety.
Accordingly,

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge’s
December 10, 2012 Report and Recommendation (docket #11) is ADOPTED as the
opinion of this Court. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, for the reasons stated in the R & R,
that Plaintiff’s July 13, 2012 motion for summary judgment (docket #9) is DENIED, and
that Defendant’s August 17, 2012 motion for summary judgment (docket #10) is
GRANTED.

s/Gerald E. Rosen
Chief Judge, United States District Court
Dated: February 1, 2013
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the parties and/or
counsel of record on February 1, 2013, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
s/Julie Owens
Case Manager

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