Price v. Berryhill

Filing 6

ORDER denying 5 Motion to reassign case to another U.S. Magistrate. Signed by Magistrate Judge Jane M. Virden on 3/12/18. (ncb)

IN THE UNITED DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
ABERDEEN DIVISION
TIMOTHY LORD PRICE

PLAINTIFF

VS.

CAUSE NO.: 1:18CV00006-SA-JMV

NANCY BERRYHILL,
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY

DEFENDANT

ORDER
Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Unopposed Motion to Transfer Case [5]. The undersigned has
considered the motion and is of the opinion that the same should be denied.
Essentially, Plaintiff asserts that because U.S. Magistrate Judge David Sanders presided over the
initial appeal—which resulted in remand of this case to the Social Security Administration for further
proceedings and is now back before this Court on appeal a second time—the case should be reassigned to
Judge Sanders in the interest of judicial economy since he is in the “best position to determine whether
the Administrative Law Judge’s decision on remand complies with the specific areas of inquiry which
Magistrate Judge Sanders ordered the” ALJ to address.
As an initial matter, Plaintiff cites no legal authority in support of his motion. Second, I am
unaware of anything that would prevent the undersigned U.S. Magistrate Judge from thoroughly
reviewing the entire record of this case and reaching a just decision on the merits in a timely fashion.
Finally, to the extent the instant motion seeks the undersigned’s recusal, no basis for the same has been
established. Accordingly, the motion is DENIED.
SO ORDERED this, the 12th day of March, 2018.

/s/ Jane M. Virden
U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE