Aaron v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration

Filing 14

ORDER ACCEPTING AND ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 13 , GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 11 , DENYING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FORSUMMARY JUDGMENT 11 , AND AFFIRMING THE COMMISSIONER'S DECISION. Signed by District Judge Gershwin A. Drain. (TBan)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
LISA AARON,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 16-cv-10211

v.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
GERSHWIN A. DRAIN

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
DAVID R. GRAND

Defendant.
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ORDER ACCEPTING AND ADOPTING REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION [13], GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR
SUMMARY JUDGMENT [11], DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR
SUMMARY JUDGMENT [11], AND AFFIRMING THE COMMISSIONER’S
DECISION
Lisa Aaron (Plaintiff) filed this action on January 12, 2016. Dkt. No. 1.
Plaintiff sought judicial review of the Commissioner of Social Security’s
(Defendant) denial of disability benefits. Each party filed a Motion for Summary
Judgment. Dkt. Nos. 11, 12. The matter was referred to Magistrate Judge David R.
Grand. On October 31, 2016, Magistrate Judge Grand issued a Report and
Recommendation which recommends that the Defendant’s Motion for Summary
Judgment be granted and the Administrative Law Judge’s denial of benefits be
affirmed. Neither party filed an objection to Magistrate Judge Grand’s Report and
Recommendation. The time for filing objections has expired. See 28 U.S.C. §
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636(b)(1)(C). Upon review of the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation,
the Court concludes that the Magistrate Judge reached the correct conclusion.
Therefore, the Court hereby ACCEPTS and ADOPTS Magistrate Judge
Grand’s October 31, 2016 Report and Recommendation [13] as this Court’s findings
of fact and conclusions of law. Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment [11] is
HEREBY DENIED. Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment [12] is
GRANTED and the Commissioner of Social Security’s decision is AFFIRMED.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: January 9, 2017
Detroit, MI

/s/Gershwin A Drain
HON. GERSHWIN A. DRAIN
United States District Court Judge

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was mailed to the attorneys
of record on this date, January 9, 2017, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.

/s/Tanya Bankston
Case Manager, [phone]

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