Gross v. Social Security, Commissioner of

Filing 21

ORDER Adopting Magistrate Judge's 20 Report and Recommendation. Signed by District Judge Gerald E. Rosen. (JOwe)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
PEGGY L. GROSS,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 15-11543
Hon. Gerald E. Rosen
Magistrate Judge Elizabeth A. Stafford

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
September 6, 2016
PRESENT:

Honorable Gerald E. Rosen
United States District Judge

On June 8, 2016, Magistrate Judge Elizabeth A. Stafford issued a Report
and Recommendation (“R & R”) recommending that the Court grant Plaintiff
Peggy L. Gross’s motion for summary judgment, deny the Defendant
Commissioner of Social Security’s motion for summary judgment, and remand this
matter for further administrative proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42
U.S.C. § 405(g). No objections have been filed to the R & R. Upon reviewing the
R & R, the parties’ underlying motions, and the record as a whole, the Court fully

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 June 8, 2016 Report and Recommendation (docket #20) is ADOPTED as
the opinion of this Court. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, for the reasons stated in
the R & R, that Plaintiff’s August 6, 2015 motion for remand (docket #13) is
GRANTED, and that Defendant’s October 1, 2015 motion for summary judgment
(docket #15) is DENIED.

s/Gerald E. Rosen
United States District Judge
Dated: September 6, 2016
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the parties
and/or counsel of record on September 6, 2016, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
s/Julie Owens
Case Manager, [phone]

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