Morales v. Colvin

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ORDER. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that 20 Judge Koppe's Report and Recommendation is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED; 11 Morales's motion for reversal and remand is DENIED; 16 the Commissioner's cross-motion to affirm is GRANTED; and Morales's claims are DISMISSED. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment accordingly and CLOSE THIS CASE. Signed by Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey on 5/16/17. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MR)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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Teresa Morales,

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Plaintiff

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v.

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Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting
Commissioner of Social Security,

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Case No.: 2:16-cv-00230-JAD-NJK
Order Adopting Report and
Recommendation, Granting and
Denying Motions, and
Dismissing Case
[ECF Nos. 11, 16, 20]

Defendant

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Teresa Morales moves to reverse and remand the Commissioner of Social Security’s decision

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denying her application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income under

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Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act.1 The Commissioner filed a cross-motion to affirm.2

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Magistrate Judge Nancy Koppe recommends that Morales’s motion be denied and the

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Commissioner’s cross-motion be granted.3
The Report and Recommendation was entered April 17, 2017, making May 1, 2017, the

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deadline to file an objection. Morales has not filed any objection to the Report and

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Recommendation. “[N]o review is required of a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation

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unless objections are filed.”4
Accordingly, with good cause appearing, and no reason to delay, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED

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that Judge Koppe’s Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 20] is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED;

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Morales’s motion for reversal and remand [ECF No. 11] is DENIED; the Commissioner’s cross-

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ECF No. 11.

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ECF No. 16.

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ECF No. 20.

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Schmidt v. Johnstone, 263 F. Supp. 2d 1219, 1226 (D. Ariz. 2003); see also Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S.

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140, 150 (1985); United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003).

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motion to affirm [ECF No. 16] is GRANTED; and Morales’s claims are DISMISSED. The Clerk

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of Court is directed to enter judgment accordingly and CLOSE THIS CASE.

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DATED May 16, 2017.

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Jennifer A. Dorsey
United States District Judge