Snell v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 16

ORDER Adopting Report and Recommendation 15 denying deft's motion for summary judgment 14 granting pltf's motion for summary judgment 1 and Remanded case to the Commissioner. Signed by District Judge Nancy G. Edmunds. (CBet)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

TERRY LEE SNELL, JR.,
Case No. 15-11063
Plaintiff,
Honorable Nancy G. Edmunds
v.
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,
Defendant.
/
ORDER ACCEPTING AND ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION [15],
DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [14], GRANTING
PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [13], AND REMANDING CASE
TO COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY
This matter comes before the Court on the Magistrate Judge’s Report and
Recommendation. (Dkt. 15.) The Magistrate Judge recommends denying Defendant’s
motion for summary judgment (Dkt. 14), granting Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment
(Dkt. 13), and remanding the case to the Commissioner under sentence four of 42 U.S.C.
§ 405(g). Neither party has filed objections. “[T]he failure to object to the magistrate judge’s
report[] releases the Court from its duty to independently review the matter.” Hall v. Rawal,
09-10933, 2012 WL 3639070, at *1 (E.D.Mich. Aug. 24, 2012) (citing Thomas v. Arn, 474
U.S. 140 (1985)). Nevertheless, the Court agrees with the Magistrate Judge’s
recommendation.
Being fully advised in the premises, having read the pleadings, and for the reasons
set forth above, the Court ACCEPTS and ADOPTS the Magistrate Judge’s report and
recommendation, and therefore GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, DENIES

Defendant’s motion for summary judgment, and REMANDS the case to the Commissioner
of Social Security pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).
SO ORDERED.
S/Nancy G. Edmunds
Nancy G. Edmunds
United States District Judge
Dated: March 22, 2016
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon counsel of
record on March 22, 2016, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
S/Carol J. Bethel
Case Manager

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