Skakle v. Social Security, Commissioner of

Filing 14

ORDER Adopting 13 Report and Recommendation: Granting 10 Motion for Summary Judgment filed by Natalie Jean Skakle; Denying 11 Motion for Summary Judgment filed by Social Security, Commisioner of; and Remanding Case. Signed by District Judge Stephen J. Murphy, III. (CCoh)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
NATALIE JEAN SKAKLE,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 14-cv-10116

v.

HONORABLE STEPHEN J. MURPHY, III

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,
Defendant.
/
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION (document no. 13),
GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY
JUDGMENT (document no. 10), DENYING DEFENDANT’S
MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (document no. 11) AND REMANDING CASE
The Social Security Administration denied plaintiff and claimant Natalie Skakle’s
application for disability benefits in a decision issued by an Administrative Law Judge on
July 2, 2012. After the SSA Appeals Council declined to review the decision, Skakle
appealed to this Court. The Court referred the matter to a United States Magistrate Judge,
and the parties filed cross motions for summary judgment. On November 13, 2014, the
magistrate judge issued a Report and Recommendation suggesting that the Court grant
Skakle’s motion and deny the Commissioner’s motion. Report, ECF No. 13.
Under Civil Rule 72(b), each party had fourteen days from the date of service to file
any written objections to the recommended disposition. Neither party has filed any
objections. De novo review of the magistrate judge’s findings is therefore not required. See
Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3). The Court has reviewed the file and the Report, and finds that the
magistrate judge’s analysis is proper. Accordingly, the Court adopts the Report’s findings
and conclusions and will enter an appropriate judgment.

ORDER
WHEREFORE, it is hereby ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation
(document no. 13) is ADOPTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Skakle’s Motion for Summary Judgment (document
no. 10) is GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Commissioner’s Motion for Summary Judgment
(document no. 11) is DENIED.
ACCORDINGLY, this matter is REMANDED to the Commissioner for proceedings
consistent with this opinion.
SO ORDERED.

s/Stephen J. Murphy, III
STEPHEN J. MURPHY, III
United States District Judge
Dated: December 1, 2014
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the parties and/or
counsel of record on December 1, 2014, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
s/Carol Cohron
Case Manager

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