Williams v. Social Security, Commissioner of

Filing 18

ORDER Accepting and Adopting 17 Report and Recommendation, Granting Defendant's 16 Summary Judgment, and Denying Plaintiff's 15 Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by District Judge Gershwin A. Drain. (TMcg)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

MICHELLE LYNN WILLIAMS,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 18-cv-10423

v.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
GERSHWIN A. DRAIN

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
R. STEVEN WHALEN

Defendant.
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ORDER ACCCEPTING AND ADOPTING REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION [#17], GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR
SUMMARY JUDGMENT [#16], AND DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [#15]
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s and Defendant’s cross-motions
for summary judgment. Dkt. No.15; Dkt. No. 16. The Court referred this matter to
Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen, who issued a Report and Recommendation on
February 11, 2019 that Granted Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment and
Denied Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment. Dkt. No. 17. Neither party has
filed an objection to the Report and Recommendation, and the time for filing
objections has expired. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C) (“Within fourteen days after
being served with a copy, any party may serve and file written objections to such
proposed findings and recommendations as provided by the rules of the court.”).

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Upon review of the parties’ briefs and the Magistrate Judge’s Report and
Recommendation, the Court concludes that the Magistrate reached the correct
conclusion.
Accordingly, the Court ACCEPTS and ADOPTS Magistrate Judge
Whalen’s February 11, 2019 Report and Recommendation [#17] as this Court’s
findings of fact and conclusions of law.

Defendant’s Motion for Summary

Judgment [#16] is hereby GRANTED and Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary
Judgment [#15] is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

March 11, 2019
s/Gershwin A. Drain
HON. GERSHWIN A. DRAIN
United States District Court Judge

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was mailed to the attorneys
of record on this date, March 11, 2019, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
s/Teresa McGovern
Case Manager

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