White v. Commissioner

Filing 20

ORDER Adopting 19 Report and Recommendation. Signed by District Judge Terrence G. Berg. (AChu)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

TIMOTHY WHITE,
Plaintiff,
Case No. 17-12344
Hon. Terrence G. Berg
Hon. Patricia T. Morris

v.
COMMISSIONER OF
SOCIAL SECURITY,
Defendant.

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
(DKT. 19)
This matter is before the Court on Magistrate Judge Patricia
T. Morris’s April 10, 2018 Report and Recommendation, Dkt. 19,
recommending that the Court DENY Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment, (Dkt. 16), and GRANT the Commissioner’s Motion
for Summary Judgment (Dkt. 17).
The Court has reviewed the Magistrate Judge’s Report and
Recommendation. The law provides that either party may serve
and file written objections “[w]ithin fourteen days after being
served with a copy” of a report and recommendation. 28 U.S.C. §

636(b)(1). The district court will make a “de novo determination of
those portions of the report . . . to which objection is made.” Id.
Where, as here, neither party objects to the report, the district court
is not obligated to independently review the record. See Thomas v.
Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149-52 (1985). The Court will therefore accept
the Magistrate’s Report and Recommendation of April 10, 2018 as
this Court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that Magistrate Judge
Morris’s Report and Recommendation of April 10, 2018 is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: May 31, 2018

s/Terrence G. Berg
TERRENCE G. BERG
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Certificate of Service

I hereby certify that this Order was electronically filed, and the parties and/or counsel of record were served on May 31, 2018.
s/A. Chubb
Case Manager

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