Armstrong v. COLVIN

Filing 24

ORDER Adopting Magistrate Judge Morris's 23 Report and Recommendation on the Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment. Signed by District Judge Judith E. Levy. (SBur)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
Elissa L. Armstrong,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 17-cv-10098
Judith E. Levy
United States District Judge

Commissioner of Social Security,
Mag. Judge Patricia T. Morris
Defendant.
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ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE MORRIS’S REPORT
AND RECOMMENDATION [23] ON THE CROSS-MOTIONS FOR
SUMMARY JUDGMENT [15, 21]
This is a Social Security appeal. Before the Court is Magistrate
Judge Patricia T. Morris’s Report and Recommendation (Dkt. 23)
recommending the Court deny plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment
(Dkt. 15) and grant defendant’s motion for summary judgment (Dkt.
23), issued September 19, 2017.

The parties were required to file

specific written objections within 14 days of service. Fed. R. Civ. P.
72(b)(2); E.D. Mich. L.R. 72.1(d). No objections were filed. The court

has nevertheless thoroughly reviewed the Report and Recommendation,
and concurs in the reasoning and result. Accordingly,
The Report and Recommendation (Dkt. 23) is ADOPTED;
Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment (Dkt. 15) is DENIED;
Defendant’s

motion

for

summary

judgment

(Dkt.

21)

is

GRANTED; and
The findings of the Commissioner are ADOPTED and this case is
hereby DISMISSED.1
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: October 6, 2017
Ann Arbor, Michigan

s/Judith E. Levy
JUDITH E. LEVY
United States District Judge

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was served
upon counsel of record and any unrepresented parties via the Court’s
ECF System to their respective email or First Class U.S. mail addresses
disclosed on the Notice of Electronic Filing on October 6, 2017.
s/Shawna Burns
SHAWNA BURNS
Case Manager

 The parties, by failing to object to the Report and Recommendation, have waived
any further right of appeal. United States v. Walters, 638 F.2d 947, 949-50 (6th Cir.
1981).  
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