Smith v. Colvin

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ORDER adopting and accepting 18 Report and Recommendation; denying 9 Motion for Remand and/or Reversal; and granting 12 Cross-Motion to Affirm. Signed by Judge Larry R. Hicks on 3/11/16. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JC)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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Case No. 3:15-cv-00218-LRH-(VPC)
Plaintiff,
ORDER

SHELLY J. SMITH,

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v.

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CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting
Commissioner of Social Security,

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Defendant.
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Before this Court is the Report and Recommendation of U.S. Magistrate Judge

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Valerie P. Cooke (ECF No. 18) entered on February 18, 2016, recommending denying

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Plaintiff’s Motion for Remand and/or Reversal (ECF No. 9) entered on August 20, 2015,

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and granting Defendant’s Cross-Motion to Affirm (ECF No. 12) entered on October 14,

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2015. No objection to the Report and Recommendation has been filed. The action was

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referred to the Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule

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1B 1-4 of the Rules of Practice of the United States District Court for the District of

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Nevada.

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The Court has conducted its de novo review in this case, has fully considered the

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pleadings and memoranda of the parties and other relevant matters of record pursuant

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to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule IB 3-2. The Court determines that the

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Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 18) entered on February 18,

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2016, should be adopted and accepted.

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge’s Report and

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Recommendation (ECF No. 18) entered on February 18, 2016, is adopted and

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accepted, and Plaintiff’s Motion for Remand and/or Reversal (ECF No. 9) is DENIED.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant’s Cross-Motion to Affirm (ECF No.
12) is GRANTED.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED this 11th day of March, 2016.

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LARRY R. HICKS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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